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대구시민의 의료기관 이용률과 연관요인 (Utilization Rate of Medical Facility and Its Related Factors in Taegu)

  • 김석범;강복수
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • 제22권1호
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    • pp.29-44
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    • 1989
  • 도시지역 주민의 의료기관 이용률과 그 관련요인을 조사분석 하기 위하여 1988년 7월 3일부터 7월15일까지 1단계 단순집락 표본추출을 통하여 선정한 대구시 남구 지역의 450가구를 대상으로 면접조사를 실시하여 431가구 1,723명에 대한 자료를 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 대상자 1,000명당 조사기간 2주간의 급성이환율은 101이었고 9세이하군에서 202로 가장 높았고, 지난 1년간 만성이환율은 77이었으며 고연령층, 저소득층 그리고 의료보호 적용군 등에서 유의하게 높았다(p<0.01). 대상자 1,000명당 2주간의 의료기관 이용률은 689이었고, 이중 병의원이용률이 294로 가장 높았고, 약국 보건소 그리고 한의원 및 한약방 순이었다. 성별로는 여자가 785회로 남자 591보다 높았으며, 연령별로는 70세이상 군이 2,022회로 가장 높았다(p<0.01). 그외 특성에서는 의료보호 적용군 2,057(p<0.01), 월30만원미만 소득군 346, 자영업이 907로 가장 높았다. 2주간의 의료기관 이용자 1인당 평균 방문회수는 3.25회이었고, 이중 병의원이 3.26회로 가장 많았으며, 한의원 및 한약방, 약국 그리고 보건소 순이었다. 성별로는 여자가 3.47회로 남자보다 많았다. 그외 50대연령군이 5.02회, 의료보호적용군 6.41회, 월30만원미만 소득군 3.78회, 그리고 생산직이 3.64회로 가장 많았다. 대상자 1,000명당 연간입원율은 27.6이었고, 여자 38.9 남자 16.3으로 여자가 높았고 연령별로는 70세이상군이 133.3으로 가장 높았다. 의료보장상태별로는 의료보험적용군이 비적용군보다 2배이상 높았으며, 의료보호적용군에서는 한건도 없었다. 월 30만원미만 소득군이 20.8로 가장 낮았으며 소득이 증가할수록 입원율이 높아졌다. 직업별로는 무직 및 기타직이 35.9로 가장 높았고, 전문, 관리 및 사무직이 가장 낮았다. 입원의료 이용자 1인당 연평균 입원일수는 총 22.5일이었으며, 성별로는 남자가 28.1일로 여자보다 많았다. 연령별로는 40대가 72.3일로 가장많았다. 직장, 직종 및 지역의료보험적용군이 28.8일, 월 30만원미만 소득군이 44.5일 그리고 무직 및 기타직이 21.9일로 가장 많았다. 대상자 1,000명당 연간 총 입원일수는 560일이었으며, 여자가 661일로 남자보다 많았으며, 연령별로는 70세이상군이 2,800일로 가장많았다. 의료보험 적용군이 비적용군보다 3배이상 많았으며, 직업별로는 무직 및 기타직이 789일로 가장 많았다. 2주간 병의원 이용여부를 종속변수로 한 지수형회귀분석에서 유의한 계수는 9세이하군(+), 70세이상군(+), 급성질병(+), 만성질병(+), 공 교의료보험적용(+), 직장, 직종 및 지역의료보험적용(+) 그리고 전문, 관리 및 사무직(-) 등이었다. 약국이용여부 분석에서는 9세이하군(+), 50-69세군(+), 70세이상군(+), 금성질병(+), 만상질병(+) 그리고 공.교의료보험적용(-) 등이 유의하였다. 2주간의 병의원 외래이용회수에 대한 중회귀분석에서는 급성질병(+), 만성질병(+) 직장, 직종 및 지역의료보험적용(+), 전문, 관리 및 사무직(-) 등이 유의한 변수였으며, 약국이용회수 분석에서는 급성질병(+), 만성질병(+), 공.교의료보험적용(-) 그리고 직장, 직종 및 지역의료보험적용(-)등이 유의하다. 연간 입원의료 이용여부에 대한 지수형 회귀분석에서 통계적으로 유의한 변수로는 9세이하군(+), 70세이상군(+), 만성질병(+), 공.교의료보험적용(+) 그리고 직장, 직종 및 지역의료보험적용(+) 등이었다.

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국내 업무시설 건축 마감재의 수선율 산정 방안에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Estimation Method of the Repair Rates in Finishing Materials of Domestic Office Buildings)

  • 김선남;유현석;김영석
    • 한국건설관리학회논문집
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    • 제16권1호
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    • pp.52-63
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    • 2015
  • 국내 건축물 중 업무시설은 국가 경제발전 및 산업구도의 변화와 더불어 급속도로 보급되기 시작하여 2012년 수도권 기준 소방대상물 현황 31개종 중 공동주택 다음으로 많은 비중을 차지하고 있는 주요 시설물이다. 그러나 2014년 현재 수도권지역 업무시설 중 70% 이상이 사용기간 15년 이상으로 주요 건축 마감재의 노후화와 기능저하가 시작되는 등 수선이 시급한 업무시설이 지속적으로 증가하고 있는 실정이다. 특히, 업무시설은 사옥 또는 임대사무실의 목적으로 활용되고 있어 시설물의 노후화와 기능 저하가 초래될 경우 건축주와 유지관리 주체에게 임대 경쟁력 저하 및 부동산 가치 하락 등의 문제점을 가져올 수 있다. 이와 같은 시설물의 노후화와 기능 저하를 예방하기 위해서는 준공 후 경과연수에 따라 수선율을 기준으로 한 예방적 차원의 계획 수선을 필요로 한다(La et al. 2001). 이러한 수선율을 기준으로 하는 국내의 수선기준들은 그 대상의 범위가 주로 공동주택과 공공기관 시설물에 국한되어 있어 업무시설에 해당 기준을 적용하기에는 한계성이 있으며, 현업에서의 수선계획 수립을 위한 수선율 기준의 적용성 제고를 위해서는 필수적으로 연간단위의 마감재별 수선율 데이터가 요구되고 있는 것으로 조사 분석되었다. 따라서 본 연구의 목적은 6개소 업무시설의 실제 수선이력데이터를 수집 및 분석하여 업무시설을 대상으로 한 건축 마감재의 수선율 산정 모형을 개발하고 사례적용을 통해 도출된 마감재별 연간단위 수선율의 적정성을 검증하는 것이다. 본 연구의 결과물은 업무시설의 건축주 및 유지관리 주체들로 하여금 발생 가능한 돌발적 보수비용과 기회비용의 낭비를 예방케 함으로써 보다 효율적인 유지보수 예산의 계획과 집행을 가능하게 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

노인복지시설(老人福祉施設)에 대한 대학생(大學生)의 의식(意識)과 관련요인(關聯要因) (An Awareness of Welfare Facility for the Elderly and It's Related Factors of College Students)

  • 좌윤택;남철현;박천만
    • 대한예방한의학회지
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.87-111
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    • 1998
  • For the newly approach of policy with the old aged era at hand, the result which examines the 1,200 students attending professional colleges and upward in three small-to-medium sized cities, for two months, from October 1, 1996 to November 30, in order to know the change of consciousness of the growing modern young intellectual age group is as follows. 1. The objects of survey consist of 72.1% of women, 40.4% of 20 to 21 age, 49.1% of atheists, and people from big cities and fishing and agrarian village occupy equally 40.2%. Concerning the long-termed residents, 49% of them dwell in big cities. In case of the parents' age is more than 55, 31.5% in fathers, and 10.9% in mothers. 2. The types of housing in which they desire to reside in their getting older are : 72.8% of them hope to live in individual houses, 16.6% in apartments or villas, and 3.4% in social welfare facilities. Out of respondents, compared with other groups, man rather than woman, those who are 20 to 21 age group and from fishing and agrarian villages and have over 7 family members and live with their parents have a higher preference for independent houses. 3. The districts in which they hope to live when they are old are : 41.6% of them, with the highest percent, hope to live in farming villages, the older they are, the more they hope to live in agricultural district, and women of 21 years and upward hope to live in big cities. On the other hand, the preferable degree for social welfare facilities is higher each in people who are 24 years and upward, buddhists, self-boarding students, and the more poorly they are off, the higher the percent is. 4. The types of preferable welfare facilities for the elderly are : 58.2% of them think silver towns desirable, 28.4% think the charged (or free) elderly welfare facilities. Compared with other groups, the percentage which prefer silver towns is higher in women, people from big cities, residents of main family, long-termed city residents, people with higher income, people having grandparents alive, and people who had experience of taking lectures on hygienics or social welfare. 5. 50.3% of the respondents insist that provision of living expenses against old age should be insured by social security system, and 42.8% by the elderly themselves. The percentage of the former shows higher in people of 21 years and upward, women, residents of fishing and agrarian villages, christians, people in more needy circumstances and people who have experience of using a medical institution. 6. Compared with other nations, 54.5% of the respondents have an opinion that elderly welfare and welfare work in Korea stays in insufficient level and most of them are women, people from farming village, residents of head family, people having younger parents and people being worse health condition, and they have a more positive attitude about the elderly welfare work. 7. 92.3% of the respondents answered that a national budget for the elderly welfare is scarce, and the percentage is higher in people who are older, residents of big cities, people in lower living condition and people in worse health condition. 8. 35.2% of the respondents answered that the proper cost of their old age must be over 220mi11ion. The more a family's total income is, the higher the percentage is. 9. The factors which have an effect on the preference of silver towns are sex(p<0.01, the type of the present residence(p<0.05), and a family's total income(p<0.05). 10. From the survey result of the above, we comes to the conclusion that, for the sake of welfare of the increasing elderly population, government authorities and parties concerned must exert their utmost for the elderly welfare by increasing a budget of it and establishing a number of facilities of the elderly welfare and silver towns located in fresh and comfortable villages. In addition, they have to set up a course of hygienics in all the colleges and instruct the contexts on hygienic welfare as well.

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네팔 돌카지역의 임신분만 환경 (A Survey on Status of Pregnancy and Delivery at a Rural Village, Nepal(Dolakha Bazar Area))

  • 안영우;강윤식;감신;이종영
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • 제29권4호
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    • pp.721-732
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    • 1996
  • 생활수준과 교육수준이 매우 낮은 저개발국가에서의 임신분만 환경을 알아보고 건강관련 행위 실천(산전진찰, 시설분만, 제대기구소독)과 지식과 태도와의 관계를 알아보기 위하여 네팔 돌카 마을에서 지난 1년간(1994년 4월 13일$\sim$1995년 4월 12일)출산한 경험이 있는 산모를 대상으로 일반적 특성, 임신과 분만에 관련된 지식, 태도, 산전진찰률, 분만환경 등을 조사하였다. 이 지역의 임신과 분만에 관련된 지식수준은 낮은 편으로 대상자의 87.5%가 보건교육을 받은 경험이 없었다. 대상자의 29.6%는 임신시 흡연이 태아에 해가 없다고 하였으며, 42.8%는 임신시 음주와 약의 복용이 태아에 해가 없다고 답하였고, 17.1%가 제대절단시 소독하지 않은 기구를 사용해도 유해하지 않다고 응답하였는데, 교육을 받은 적이 없는 경우, 보건교육을 받은 경험이 없는 경우, 그리고 보건기관까지의 거리가 멀 수록 올바르지 못한 지식을 가지고 있었다. 응답자의 56.6%가 산전진찰이 필요없다는 태도를 보였고, 42.8%가 질출혈시 병원을 방문할 필요가 없다는 태도를 보였는데, 교육을 받은 적이 없는 경우, 보건 교육을 받은 경험이 없는 경우, 그리고 보건기관까지의 거리가 멀수록 바람직하지 못한 태도를 가지고 있었다. 또한 82.9%가 분만과정 자체가 불결한 것이라고 여기고 있었다. 한번이라도 산전진찰을 받은 경험이 있는 산전진찰 경험률은 28.3%였는데 교육을 받은 적이 없는 경우, 보건교육을 받은 경험이 없는 경우에 산전진찰 미경험률이 높았다. 시설분만율은 5.3%로 매우 저조하였고, 시설 외 분만인 경우 82.6%가 제대절단기구를 소독하지 않고 사용하고 있었는데 교육을 받은 적이 없는 경우, 보건교육을 받은 경험이 없는 경우, 그리고 보건기관까지의 거리가 멀수록 소독을 하지 않고 사용하고 있었다. 지식과 태도와의 관계에 있어서는 지식이 많은 군이 산전진찰의 필요성을 더 느끼며 질출혈시 병원방문의 필요성을 더 느끼고 있어, 임신과 분만에 관련하여 더 바람직한 태도를 가지고 있었다. 태도와 실천과의 관계에 있어서는 바람직한 태도를 가진 산모군이 산전진찰 경험률이 높았으며, 시설분만이 많아 실천율이 높았다. 다변량 분석에서도 지식이 태도에 양(陽)의 영향을 미치는 변수였으며, 태도는 실천에 영향을 미치는 유의한 양(陽)의 변수여서 실천을 위해서는 긍정적인 태도가 선행되어야 하고, 그러기 위하여는 먼저 올바른 지식을 가지고 있어야 함을 알 수 있었다. 이상의 연구결과로 볼 때, 저개발국가에서의 분만환경은 매우 열악한 편으로 모자의 건강수준 향상을 위해서는 예방적 기능으로서 보건교육 활동이 더욱 중요 성을 가지게 된다. 효율적 보건교육활동을 위해서는 보건교육을 보다 긴요하게 요하는 인구군이 어떤 계층이냐 하는 대상파악에 특별히 유념하여야 하는데 주로 교육수준이 낮고 생활이 어려운 인구층, 그리고 보건기관으로부터 멀리 떨어져 있는 사람들에게 중점적으로 교육을 시도하여야 하겠는데 이들 나라는 대부분의 국민이 교육수준이 낮고 생활수준이 낮은 편으로 보건교육시 단순한 지식의 전달에 그칠 것이 아니라 동기 유발을 가져와 행위변화를 할 수 있도록 보다 세밀한 연구노력이 필요하다. 또한 순회진료와 보건교육을 하는 의료캠프가 활성화되어야 하겠다. 향후 저개발국에 의료단을 파견하여 그 지 역의 보건문제 해결에 도움을 주기 위하여는 이와 같은 연구가 계속 진행되어 실천에 영향을 주는 요인들을 밝혀 지역보건의료 프로그램에 적극 활용해야 할 것으로 생각된다.

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의료기관의 활동기준원가 산출 모형 (Development of the Model for Activity Based Costing in the Hospital)

  • 전기홍;조우현;김보경;김병조
    • 한국병원경영학회지
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    • 제6권2호
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    • pp.37-69
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    • 2001
  • A new cost management system, called Activity Based Costing (ABC) system, has arisen to solve the limitation of a Traditional Cost Accounting (TCA) system until last two decades and ABC has been applied by many companies. TCA systems have limitation in tracing cost because they arbitrarily allocate overhead cost to the cost objects without standard for direct cost distribution. ABC is an accounting system that assigns costs to products or services based on the resources they consume. The costs of all activities are traced to the products for which they are performed. Therefore ABC is a cost management system that provides a matrix to accurately quantify consumed resources triggered by activities and activities triggered by products and services. There is little implementation of ABC in the health services field, one of service industries, due to complicated and many activities, and volatile cost object. However, the necessity for applying reasonable cost accounting system is largely issuing as strategy responding hostile environment, and financial pressure, and it is imperative to implement the Activity Based Costing (ABC) system. Therefore, this study presents the framework to develop ABC system for total health service organizations. Cost objects in this study base on medical service activities per health insurance claim from one general hospital located in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Medical service activities include all health insurance claims in the hospital. The purpose of the study is presenting useful tools and basic frame to develop Activity Based Costing system for health service organizations which want to use ABC system. The steps to develop ABC system for health service organizations are following: 1. Identifying of activity centers; 2. Definition of cost objects and activity by activity center; 3. Analysis of activity and tracing activity contribution; 4. Allocation of direct cost for specific activity; 5. Allocation of indirect cost for specific activity; 6. Allocation of depreciation for facilities, applicants, and consumption goods; 7. Allocation of administration cost; 8. Allocation of cost among activity centers; and 9. Tracing cost of cost objects by activity center. This study identified necessary information from existing reports which hospitals generally made by each step, and defined outcome which had to be produced in each step using this information. The steps of this study had limitation to apply all different size hospitals because the steps were structured ABC system by one hospital, however, this study used similar basic framework and methods with general cases. When a health service organization want to apply Activity Based Costing (ABC) system on all activities of it in future days, this study is very useful to design system structure in the health service organization.

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Determinants of Adherence to Diabetes Screening in Iranian Adults With a Positive Family History of Diabetes

  • Malih, Narges;Sohrabi, Mohammad-Reza;Abadi, Alireza;Arshi, Shahnam
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • 제54권3호
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    • pp.190-198
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    • 2021
  • Objectives: Insufficient evidence exists regarding factors that affect screening adherence among people with a family history of diabetes, who comprise roughly half of all patients with diabetes. Therefore, we aimed to identify the determinants of diabetes screening adherence in adults with a family history of diabetes who had not yet been diagnosed with diabetes. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at selected urban primary healthcare facilities in Tehran, Iran. The study population was clinically non-diabetic adults above 20 years of age with a family history of diabetes in at least 1 first-degree relative. All eligible people identified on randomly-selected days of the month were invited to join the study. Results: Among 408 participants, 128 (31.4%) had received a fasting blood glucose check during the last year. Using binary logistic regression, the independent predictors of screening adherence were knowledge of adverse effects of diabetes such as sexual disorders (odds ratio [OR], 3.05) and renal failure (OR, 2.73), the impact of family members' advice on receiving diabetes screening (OR, 2.03), recommendation from a healthcare provider to have a fasting blood glucose check (OR, 2.61), and intention to have a fasting blood glucose check within the next 6 months (OR, 2.85). Other variables that predicted screening adherence were age (OR, 1.05), job (being a housekeeper; OR, 3.39), and having a college degree (OR, 3.55). Conclusions: Knowledge of the adverse effects of diabetes, physicians' and healthcare providers' advice about the benefits of early disease detection, and family members' advice were independent predictors of screening adherence.

의료보험 건강진단사업의 개선방안 (Reform Measures of Health Examination Program in Health Insurance Scheme)

  • 박재용
    • 보건교육건강증진학회지
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    • 제16권2호
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    • pp.205-233
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    • 1999
  • This study is an effort to make policy suggestions by analysing the current health examination program as a benefit service provided by the national health insurance system, including health screening for the insured, screening of cancer and chronic diseases for their dependents. Analyses found some issues being gave attention to; 1) The insured under the community health insurance system do not get the health examination benefit. A program for them should be set to have equity in benefit services. 2) Low rates of using screen services compromise purpose and the efficiency the services have first intended to. An immediate attention should be made to increase low rate of use of screen test to detect chronic diseases in particular. 3) Selection of diseases and test items covered by health examination program does not reflect the need of the insured, but to reflect financial resources of the national health insurance system. 4) Lack of health screening facilities and their geographical maldistribution is observed, which with preference of a general hospital as a screening post by the insured may lead to unreliable test. 5) A follow-up system should have been developed for the suspected classified by test results of carrying chronic diseases. They should be cared for within the health examination program. Public health care systems incorporate such a system, along with caring for those who are in need of having a health counselling on preventive care. In conclusion, the national health insurance system should be a medical insurance of giving a higher priority on preventive care benefits, health examination program in particular. That could be done by making rearrangements of test items, screening methods and system, rationalizing current reimbursement system of service fee, increasing accessibility to and utilization of the services, and making an establishment of follow-up system.

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도시와 농촌지역 고혈압 환자의 의료기관 이용 형태 비교 (Comparison of Medical Care Patterns of Hypertensive Patients between Rural and Urban Areas)

  • 임부돌;천병렬;박정한;임정수
    • 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.15-27
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    • 2003
  • Objectives: This study was conducted to compare the medical care patterns of hypertensive patients between rural and urban areas. Methods: We selected one rural county(Region A where there were 19 public health centers; one health center, 8 health sub-centers and 10 community health posts) and two urban districts(Region B and C where there was no health sub-center and community health post) in Daegu city. Region B had similar socioeconomic characteristics with rural county A while region C had different characteristics. The medical insurance records of 14,422 incident patients (2,501 in region A, 4,873 in region B and 7,048 in region C) with diagnostic code of hypertension from September 1998 to August 1999 were reviewed. Incident patient was defined as a patient who had no record of medical fee claim for hypertension to the national health insurance corporation in past 6 months and visited a medical facility for hypertension for the first time. The data for annual visit days, annual prescription days and annual total medical expenses were abstracted. The medical care pattern was categorized by the number of annual visit days and prescription days. The most proper care group was defined as the patient who visited 6-15 days with 240 prescription days or more in a year. Results: The type of medical facilities for the most visit was clinics, 373.% and it was followed by general hospitals, 28.2%; public health centers, 24.7%; and hospitals, 9.8% in region A(p<0.05). In region B, it was clinics, 63.1% and followed by general hospitals, 27.6%; health center, 5.2%; and hospitals, 4.1%(p<0.05). In region C, it was clinics, 53.8% and followed by general hospitals, 35.0%; health center, 6.3%; and hospitals, 4.9%(p<0.05). Annual mean total medical expenses per patient was highest in region C(won195,993) and followed by region A(won191,683) and region B(won178,713). The proportion of the most proper care group was 7.7% in region A, 5.2% in region B and 6.7% in region C(p<0.05). According to the type of medical facilities for the first visit, the proportion of the most proper care group was highest(14.7%) in the patients of public health centers, and it was followed by general hospitals, 8.8%; clinics, 3.6%; and hospitals, 2.0% in region A(p<0.05). In region B, it was highest in general hospitals, 9.7% and followed by hospitals, 4.0%; health center, 3.6%; and clinics, 3.4%(p<0.05). In region C, it was highest in general hospitals, 10.1% and followed by clinics, 5.2%; hospitals, 4.1%; and health center, 3.1%(p<0.05). Conclusions: The proportion of proper care for hypertension was higher in rural area and it was attributed to the care of health center, sub-centers and community health posts which appeared to follow patients better than hospitals and clinics.

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주요간선 도로에 설치된 가로등의 현장실태조사를 통한 정성적 분석 (The Qualitative Analysis through the Investigation of the Field Condition at Street Lamps on the Main Street)

  • 최충석;김향곤;한운기
    • 조명전기설비학회논문지
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.101-108
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    • 2005
  • 도로에 설치된 가로등설비는 감전위험성에 노출된 취약한 구조로 급격한 호우로 인한 침수발생으로 매년 감전사고자가 다수 발생하고 있는 실정이다. 이에 가로등설비에서의 감전사고를 방지하기 위해, 실제 주요간선 도로 현장에서의 조사가 수행되었다. 가로등 분전함의 회로구성, 배선방법, 접지도체, 등주 등에 대해 실태조사가 실시되었고 관련 규정의 분석 및 문제점이 제시되었다. 또한 국내${\cdot}$외 가로등설비의 실태조사를 통해 비교 및 분석되었고, 이를 토대로 관련 규격이 개정되었다. 현장실태조사 및 관련규정의 분석을 통해, 주요간선 도로에 설치된 가로등설비에서의 감전사고에 대한 효과적인 예방대책을 확립하는데 실질적 자료를 제시하고자 한다. 향후 분석 자료는 가로등설비 뿐만 아니라 도로상의 다른 전기설비의 안정화 및 전기재해를 감소시키는데 활용될 수 있다.

보건 진료원 제도 운영 평가에 관한 연구 -우리나라 1차 보건의료 제도 방향 재설정을 위하여 - (A Review of the Operation Community Health Practitioner System as a Reorientation of Primary Health Care)

  • 홍여신;이인숙
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제24권4호
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    • pp.568-583
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    • 1994
  • In the changing social and economic conditions, reorientation of the health care system is a process of rearranging health care resources keeping in mind the appropriativeness, relevancy, and efficacy of health care programs. Also it has been recognized recently that the CHP program is in need of review for the same reasons, that is to say, the ease in which health care facilities are available, the high rate of coverage with insurance and the development of an effective transportation system. Therefore there is a social inclination to think that there are no remote areas and to question the roles of public health facilities, health centers, health sub centers and CHP posts. This paper was done to review problems and to propose new directions for the CHP system. The findings of this study are as follows ; 1) It is necessary that primary health care should be simplified into three parts, medical treatment, preventive care services and the organization of administration and logistics. Also each department should be supplemented with the appropriate professional personnel in order to develop a task oriented system. The reorientation of the CHP system should be managed in keeping with that of other public health care systems. Therefore it is necessary to look at the CHP system problems as one aspect of the reorientation process of public health care systems, and to work to find new ways to address these problems. 2) The location of the CHP post should be decided by the needs of the community in both the medical and preventive areas. If the people have a minimum need, the location of the CHP post should be altered and the existing roles of the CHP should be modified to allow for flexibility according to the community needs. 3) Use of the problem solving method in regular team meetings will prove to be as efficient as continuing education programs in improving job competancy. 4) The supervision of CHP's activities should be made by the same type professional personnel, that is, senior CHPs or charge nurses in the public health center at the county level. 5) The operational expensies of CHP post should be supported by the administrative department of the public health center and should create working conditions that will allow the CHP to concentrate on community health service programs. 6) The organizations for community participation, working committees, community health workers and a number of the local assembly, should be activated to provide for participation in finding solutions to health related problems in the com-munity.

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