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Change of Medical Utilization Claims in Self-employees before and aster the Economic Crisis in Korea (IMF 경제위기 전.후 지역의료보험가입자들의 진료비 청구내용의 변화)

  • Lee, Sin-Jae;Jhang, Won-Ki;Choi, Soon-Ae;Lee, Sang-Yi;Kim, Nam-Soon;Jeong, Baek-Geun;Moon, Ok-Ryun
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.28-34
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    • 2001
  • Objectives : To investigate the changing pattern of medical utilization claims following the economic crisis in Korea. Methods : The original data consisted of the claims of the 'Medical insurance program of self-employees' between 1997 and 1998. The data was selected by medical treatment day ranging between 8 January and 30 June. Medical utilizations were calculated each year by the frequency of claims, visit days for outpatients, length of stay for inpatients, total days of medication, and the sum of expenses. Results : The length of stay as an inpatient in 1998 was decreased 4.7 percent in comparison to 1997. However, inpatient expenses in 1998 increased 10.8 percent as compared to 1997. Inpatient hospital claims in 1998 increased 6.2 percent over 1997, although general hospital inpatient claims in 1998 decreased 3.3 percent in comparison to 1997. The outpatient claim frequency decreased 7.3 in 1998 percent as compared to 1997 Outpatient visit days of in 1998 were decreased 8.5 percent in comparison to that recorded in 1997. Outpatient claim frequencies of 'gu region' in 1998 decreased 10.5 percent comparison to that in 1997, but 'city and gun region' decreased less than 'gu region'. Conclusions : Medical utilization in 1998 deceased in relation to 1997 Medical utilization by outpatients decreased more than that of inpatients. Medical utilization by 'gu region' decreased mere than the other regions.

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Interlaboratory Comparison of Critical Current Measurements on Ag-sheathed Bi-2223 tapes (Bi-2223선재의 임계전류 측정기술 비교)

  • Lee, Kyu-Won;Han, Gi-Youl
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.99-103
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    • 2001
  • We have conducted two runs of interlaboratory comparison on Ag-sheathed Bi-2223 tapes to evaluate the level of measurement techniques for the critical current measurement. Two classes of specimens were prepared for parallel and serial routings and sent to four participating laboratories. The critical currents of specimens were measured at 77 K in zero magnetic field. In the first comparison, we used twenty different Bi-2223 tapes as specimens for comparison and participating laboratories measured the specimens using their own instruments and procedures. As a result, the scattering of data on the first comparison showed -3.0% to +l2.2% for the parallel routing and -0.7% to +l5.1% for the serial routing. Major sources of these variations were attributed to different measurement techniques. Thus, the second comparison of measurement was done on the same specimens under specified measurement conditions, particularly in terms of cooling procedure and sweep rate of the test current. The variations for the second comparison were decreased -3.1% to +3.2% far the parallel routing and -1.8% to +7.7% fur the serial routing.

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The Effects of Appearance-Related Photo Activity and Appearance Comparison on Body Satisfaction -Focusing on the Moderating Effects of Instagram Addiction- (인스타그램 외모관련 사진활동, 외모비교가 신체만족도에 미치는 영향 -인스타그램 중독수준의 조절효과를 중심으로-)

  • Lee, Minsun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.81-94
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    • 2019
  • Social media is an essential part of everyday life in modern society and plays an important role in communicating the ideal body image. With the increased prevalence and high popularity of social media, the problems associated with the addictive use of social media have become a social issue. Utilizing social comparison theory, this study examined (1) the effect of appearance related photo activities on body satisfaction through appearance comparison and (2) the moderating effect of Instagram addiction in relationships among appearance related photo activity, appearance comparison, and body satisfaction. We tested the proposed relationships between research variables using multi-group structural equation modeling analysis on a sample of 346 young female Instagram users. The sample was divided into two groups of high and low addicted Instagram users. The results of this study showed that the appearance related photo activity positively influenced appearance comparison for both high and low addiction groups. For the high addiction group, the effect of appearance comparison on body satisfaction was not statistically significant; however, this relationship was significant and negative for the low addiction group. A significant moderating effect of Instagram addiction was found in the relationship between appearance related photo activity and appearance comparison.

Comparison of the Sensory Ability of Experts and Untrained Panelists to Evaluate Cooked Rince by using Five Sensory Methods (식미 관능평가 5가지 방법별 전문가와 일반인의 평가능력 비교)

  • Yoon, Mi-Ra;Kwak, Jieun;Lee, Jeong-Heui;Chun, Jaebuhm;Park, Hyang-Mee;Suh, Jung-Pil;Jang, Jae-Ki;Lee, Choon-Ki;Lee, Jeom-Sig
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.61 no.2
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    • pp.92-97
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    • 2016
  • This experiment aimed to compare the sensory ability of experts and untrained to evaluate three rice varieties by using five sensory evaluation methods. All panelists showed significant differences in their sensory abilities to distinguish among Haiami, Chucheong, and Dasan 1 rice varieties when using the duo-trio test and triangle test. The expert panelists showed a clear preference in the following order: Haiami > Chucheong > Dasan 1, when using the paired comparison test, ranking test, and multiple comparison test. However, the untrained panelists showed no significant differences in their sensory ability to distinguish between the Haiami and Chucheong varieties when using the multiple comparison test. The results indicate that, for sensory evaluation of cooked rice by untrained panelists, the paired comparison test is suitable for evaluating two samples and the ranking test is suitable for evaluating more than two samples.

Functional MR Imaging in the speech-control centers of the brain : Comparison study between Visual and Auditory Language instrument methods in Normal Volunteers (Auditory language task를 이용한 자기공명영상에 관한 고찰 : Visual language task와의 비교)

  • Goo Eun Hoe;Kim In Soo;Jeong Heon Jeong;You Byung Ki;Kim Dong Sung;Choi Cheon Kyu;Song In Chan
    • Journal of The Korean Radiological Technologist Association
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.161-166
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    • 2002
  • Purpose: To make a comparison evaluated of the auditory instrument and visual instrument language generation task in the fMRI, on the adult volunteers. Materials and Methods: Total of 6 normal adult volunteers(men;4, women;2, mean age;24) performed in 1.5

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Comparison of Glass CTAD Tube and Plastic Sodium Citrate Tube for Coagulation Test (혈액응고 검사용 유리 CTAD 채혈관와 플라스틱 Sodium Citrate 채혈관의 비교)

  • Kang, Su-Jin;Park, Jeong-Su;Song, Yoon-Kyung;Kong, Sun-Yong;Lee, Do-Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.156-160
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    • 2007
  • We evaluated the newly developed plastic sodium citrate tubes for routine coagulation test by direct comparison with glass citrate theophylline adenosine dipyridamole (CTAD) tubes. Blood was drawn from 100 patients into glass CTAD tubes and plastic sodium citrate tubes. After collection, samples were centrifuged at 1500 ${\times}$g for 15 min at $22^{\circ}C$. Prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), fibrinogen were measured by using the Coagrex-800 (IRC, Japan). We used comparison plot by linear regression model and difference plot graphs to compare the results of the independent measurements of PT, aPTT, fibrinogen between glass CTAD tubes and plastic sodium citrate tubes. On the comparison study between glass CTAD tubes and plastic sodium citrate tubes, the correlation coefficients (R) were 0.99 for PT, 0.97 for aPTT and 0.97 for fibrinogen. This results implicated good correlation of each parameter between two tubes. Although the difference plot graph analysis showed statistically significant differences between glass and plastic tubes for PT, aPTT and fibrinogen, the range of difference was acceptable according to the CLSI/NCCLS guideline. The plastic sodium citrate tubes showed good correlation with the glass CTAD tubes, so it can substitute glass citrate tube for routine coagulation tests.

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