• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2019

Objectives: To identify the cost effectiveness of early dementia diagnosis using the 2014 Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service-National Patients Sample (HIRA-NPS). Methods: The medical costs of dementia between Western medical care and Korean medical care were compared through the reimbursement and non-reimbursement item code for dementia examination. In addition, the medical expenses of patients with dementia and mild cognitive impairment were compared and analyzed with respect to Western and Korean medical care. Results: There were 87,434 claims, of which 16,101 patients were diagnosed with dementia and 38,680,789,560 won was found to be the medical expenses. 12,881 patients (80.0%) with dementia, 3,144 patients (19.5%) with mild cognitive impairment, and 76 patients (0.5%) progressing from mild cognitive impairment to dementia. The proportion of medical expenses was 97.6% for dementia patients, 2.3% for mild cognitive impairment, and 1% for patients progressing from mild cognitive impairment to dementia. 86,070 claims (98.4%) were from Western medical care, with16,824 patients (98.2%), and the medical expenses was 38,546,895,400 won (99.7%). 1,361 claims (1.6%) were from Korean medical care, with 303 patients (1.8%), and the medical expenses was 133,894,160 won (0.3%). Conclusions: This study compared and analyzed the medical costs of dementia patients and the diagnosis of both Korean and Western medical care. The results of this study are expected to be used as basic research data for investigating cost effectiveness of developing early diagnosis of dementia.

• 보건의료생명과학 논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.351-360
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• 2023

건강보험심사평가원 2018년 고령환자데이터셋(HIRA-APS)을 이용하여 요양병원 입원환자 33,821명을 주요 질병군별로 구분하여, 의료이용 현황과 특성을 파악하여, 요양병원의 기능정립에 효과적인 정책 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 첫째, 질병군에 따라 의료이용 특성에 차이를 보이고 있어, 환자의 질병군 특성에 맞는 치매 전문, 재활 전문, 호스피스 전문, 회복기 전문 등 특화된 요양병원 설립과 운영이 필요하다. 둘째, 요양병원 입원환자의 연간 입원일수에 영향을 미치는 요인 중 주상병별로는 마비군, 뇌혈관질환군, 치매군이 가장 길었으며, 환자분류군별로는 인지장애군이 가장 길어, 질병군별 장기 환자에 대한 의료 수요 및 질 관리가 필요하다. 셋째, 요양병원 입원환자의 치료결과 중 정상 퇴원에 영향을 미치는 요인 중 질병군별로는 근골격계질환군에서 가장 높았고, 마비군, 뇌혈관질환 순으로 퇴원 후 재가 프로그램 지원이 요구된다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.525-534
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 임상병리 전공 유사 취업연계가 가능한 다양한 자격증을 조사하고 취득 방법과 활용 여부를 알아보고자 하였다. 전공 외 취업 연계 가능 자격은 산업보건지도사, 도핑검사관, 청각관리사. 수화통역사, 보건교육사, 손해사정사, 생명보험 언더라이터, 행정관리사, 병원행정사, 보험심사관리사, 병원코디네이터 등이 있다. 임상병리기술학 전공 유사 관련 진출자격 현황으로는 임상시험코디네이터, 임상시험 모니터요원, 해부조직사, 화학분석기사, 위험물산업기사, 생물공학기사, 생물안전관리자, 생명공학기술지도사, 의료기기품질책임자, 실험동물기술원, 동물간호복지사, 선박의료관리자가 있다. 따라서, 임상병리사들이 현재 보유하고 있는 다양한 자격 현황의 사회분석조사가 필요할 것이며, 임상병리사 출신으로 다른 분야에서 근무하고 있는 현황조사도 필요할 것이다. 향후, 임상병리사는 개인의 업무역량 강화의 노력을 통하여 업무적 범위를 확대시키고, 사례를 공유하여 영역 확대와 전문성을 강화해야 할 것이라고 생각한다.

• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.409-411
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• 2011

In Korea, pulmonary surfactant (PS) replacement therapy in respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) was started in 1991 since when Surfacten$^{(R)}$ was imported from Japan. At the present time, Surfacten$^{(R)}$, Newfactan$^{(R)}$, Curosurf$^{(R)}$, and Infasurf$^{(R)}$ are available in Korea. The governmental health insurance covers the expense for multiple dose treatment since 2002 and the early prophylactic treatment (BW: <1,250 g or GP: <30 wks) since 2011. We undertook a multi-institutional collective study to evaluate the outcomes of PS over past 20 years in Korea (Period-I; 1990/91, P-II; 1996, P-III; 2002, and P-IV; 2007, P-V; 2010). There were 60 RDS neonates with PS treatment in P-I (16 hospitals), 1,179 in P-II (64), 1,595 in P-III (62), 1,921 in P-IV (57), and 3,160 in P-V (72). Decreased mortality rate, defined as the percentage of neonates who died within 28 days of birth, was seen between periods, P-V vs P-I, II, III, and IV (mortality rate: 10.1% vs. 40.0%, 30.0%, 18.7%, and 14.3%). We conclude that PS therapy contributed to improve remarkable outcome in RDS neonates over the last 20 years in Korea. However, more efforts should be made to optimize PS therapy for better outcome. Multiple PS doses for relapse and poor response, early prophylactic use, and better supportive care for pre-term infants are mandatory.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2005

An ideal trauma care system would include all the components identified with optimal trauma care, such as prevention, access, acute hospital care, rehabilitation, and research activities. Central to an ideal system is a large resource-rich trauma center. The need for resources is primarily based on the concept of being able to provide immediate medical care for unlimited numbers of injured patients at any time. Optimal resources at such a trauma center would include inhouse board-certified emergency medicine physicians, general surgeons, anesthesiologists, neurosurgeons, and orthopedic surgeons. Other board-certified specialists would be available, within a short time frame, to all patients who require their expertise. This center would require a certain volume of injured patients to be admitted each year, and these patients would include the most severely injured patients within the system. Additionally, certain injuries that are infrequently seen would be concentrated in this special center to ensure that these patients could be properly treated and studied, providing the opportunity to improve the care of these patients. These research activities are necessary to enhance our knowledge of the care of the injured. Basic science research in areas such as shock, brain edema, organ failure, and rehabilitation would also be present in the ideal center. This trauma center would have an integrated concurrent performance improvement program to ensure optimal care and continuous improvement in care. This center would not only be responsible for assessing care delivered within its trauma program, but for helping to organize the assessment of care within the entire trauma system. This ideal trauma center would serve as a total resource for all organizations dealing with the injured patient in the regional area.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.277-292
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• 2020

유치 및 미성숙영구치의 치수치료는 소아 및 청소년 영역에서 빈번하게 행하지는 치료이며, 임상 양상과 치수 진단 뿐만 아니라 환아 및 보호자, 술자의 환경에 영향을 받는다. 이 연구의 목적은 실제 임상에서 행해지는 치수치료의 현황에 대한 조사와 더불어 치료방법을 선택하게 된 배경에 대해 조사하는 것이다. 이 연구는 소아치과학회 회원을 대상으로 총 153명의 설문조사 결과지를 바탕으로 시행되었으며, 2010년부터 2018년까지의 건강보험심사평가원의 통계자료를 함께 분석하였다. 설문조사 결과와 건강보험심사평가원의 통계자료 모두 유치의 1-visit pulpectomy가 가장 활발하게 시행되고 있는 술식으로 나타났으며, 유치열기 또는 혼합치열기 어린이에서 Ni-Ti file의 사용 빈도가 증가하였다. 미성숙영구치의 치료에서는 개인치과의원에서 치수재생치료의 시행 빈도가 대학병원보다 낮은 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2019

Background/Objectives: Despite multiple approaches of treatments for salivary duct carcinoma, there has been a need for more successful treatment methods because of its poor prognosis. Treatment options like immunotherapy using new technologies have been attempted. Based on recent study results indicating that targeting programmed death receptors are effective in treating various cancers, this study aimed to identify the frequency of PD-L1 expression and its impact on survival rate in salivary duct carcinoma. Materials & Methods: We studied 33 patients with salivary gland cancer who were available for histologic specimens. We examined the expression of PD-L1 in the tissues and analyzed the association with the survival rate and the association with various clinical parameters. Results: According to this study and review of similar studies, we discovered that the expression of PD-L1 in salivary duct carcinoma was lower than other types of cancers. The impact of PD-L1 on survival rate also showed inconsistency in salivary duct carcinoma. Conclusion: Immunotherapy by PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint blockade in salivary duct carcinoma needs further evaluation for clinical application.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• 제52권11호
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• pp.814-825
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• 2022

Background and Objectives: Real-world trends in the utility and type of gatekeeping studies in invasive coronary angiography (ICA) requires further investigation. Methods: We identified outpatients who underwent noninvasive cardiac tests or directly ICA for suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) from the nationwide Korea Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service-National Patient Sample database between 2012 and 2018. Results: Among 71,401 patients, the percentage of patients who were evaluated for suspected CAD was 34.7% for treadmill test (TMT), 4.2% for single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), 24.2% for coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), 1.6% for multiple gatekeepers, and 32.3% for directly ICA without noninvasive studies. The proportion of CCTA as a gatekeeper showed linear increase, (18.6% in 2012 and 28.8% in 2018; p<0.001), while those of TMT, SPECT, and direct ICA have decreased (p<0.001, p=0.03, and p<0.001, respectively). The overall incidence of downstream ICA after gatekeeper was 13.8% (6,662/48,346), and SPECT showed higher ICA rate in pairwise comparison with TMT and CCTA (p<0.001). Patients who performed gatekeepers before ICA showed higher rate of subsequent PCI (34.7% vs. 32.3%; p<0.001) and CABG (3.5% vs. 1.0%; p<0.001), compared to those who directly underwent ICA, and CCTA was associated with higher revascularization rate after ICA in pairwise comparison with TMT and SPECT (p<0.001). Conclusions: Nationwide database demonstrated that CCTA is utilized increasingly as a gatekeeper for ICA and is associated with high revascularization rate after ICA in outpatients with suspected CAD.

• 지적과 국토정보
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.267-276
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• 2017

우리나라는 황사로 인해 농업 및 산업분야, 시민건강 등 다양한 분야에 걸쳐 피해가 발생되고 있으며 이에 대한 대책 마련이 시급한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 2009년 이후 최대 황사가 나타났던 2015년 2월 23일을 기준으로 전후 11일간의 황사 관련 트윗 데이터를 수집하고, 이슈어 분석, 건강과 관련된 트윗 데이터 그룹 재구성, 질병과의 연관규칙 분석 등을 걸쳐 황사발생과 관련 질병의 유의성을 검정한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 황사관련 트윗 데이터로부터 도출된 질병과 건강보험심사평가원에서 취득한 환자실태 자료를 종합하여 비염, 천식, 결막염 환자에 대한 유의성 검정을 실시한 결과, 유의확률 5%에서 결막염은 16개 시 도 중 13개 지역에서 유의하게 나타났으며, 비염은 6개 지역에서, 천식은 3개 지역에서 질병 발생에 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 이상과 같이 트윗 데이터와 같은 SNS데이터로 부터 시민들의 건강에 대한 정보를 취득할 수 있었으며, 이를 활용한 시민건강 관리 대책을 수립하는데 유용한 정보를 제공해 줄 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.392-395
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• 2011

Idiopathic hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis (IHSP) is a rare inflammatory disease characterized by hypertrophic inflammation of the dura mater and various clinical courses that are from myelopathy. Although many associated diseases have been suggested, the etiology of IHSP is not well understood. The ideal treatment is controversial. In the first case, a 55-year-old woman presented back pain, progressive paraparesis, both leg numbness, and voiding difficulty. Initial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated an anterior epidural mass lesion involving from C6 to mid-thoracic spine area with low signal intensity on T1 and T2 weighted images. We performed decompressive laminectomy and lesional biopsy. After operation, she was subsequently treated with steroid and could walk unaided. In the second case, a 45-year-old woman presented with fever and quadriplegia after a spine fusion operation due to lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative herniated lumbar disc. Initial MRI showed anterior and posterior epidural mass lesion from foramen magnum to C4 level. She underwent decompressive laminectomy and durotomy followed by steroid therapy. However, her conditions deteriorated gradually and medical complications occurred. In our cases, etiology was not found despite through investigations. Initial MRI showed dural thickening with mixed signal intensity on T1- and T2-weighted images. Pathologic examination revealed chronic nonspecific inflammation in both patients. Although one patient developed several complications, the other showed slow improvement of neurological symptoms with decompressive surgery and steroid therapy. In case of chronic compressive myelopathy due to the dural hypertrophic change, decompressive surgery such as laminectomy or laminoplasty may be helpful as well as postoperative steroid therapy.