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Has Disabled Access in Healthcare Institutions been Increased? - A Case Study of Jongno-gu in Seoul, Korea -

장애인의 의료기관 접근성은 향상되었는가? - 서울시 종로구 병의원을 대상으로 -

  • Lee, Jin Yong (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Konyang University) ;
  • Jeong, Jaeyoung (College of Medicine, Konyang University) ;
  • Kim, You Kyung (College of Medicine, Konyang University) ;
  • Jun, Eun-Kyung (College of Medicine, Konyang University) ;
  • Kim, So Yun (College of Medicine, Konyang University) ;
  • Kim, Hyun Joo (Department of Public Health, The Graduate School of Konyang University) ;
  • Lee, Bo Woo (Department of Public Health, The Graduate School of Konyang University)
  • 이진용 (건양대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 정재영 (건양대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 김유경 (건양대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 전은경 (건양대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 김소윤 (건양대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 김현주 (건양대학교 대학원 보건학과) ;
  • 이보우 (건양대학교 대학원 보건학과)
  • Received : 2012.09.11
  • Accepted : 2012.11.03
  • Published : 2012.12.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the improvement of disabled access to healthcare institution located in Jongno-gu, Seoul in 2011 compared to 2003 since disabled access has been mandatory in healthcare institutions located in new buildings by the amended law in 2004. We had investigated 10 assessment items for disabled access in 166 healthcare institutions located in Jongno-gu, Seoul and the results were compared with those of 2003 survey. On average, 74.1% of the healthcare organizations has equipped with items for disabled access. However the adequately equipped rate for those items was only 39.2%. Compared with the results of 2003 survey, these rates showed a little increase by 4.1% and 8.0%, respectively. There were only 10 healthcare institutions located in new buildings which were constructed after July, 2005. Their average equipped rate(84.4%) and adequately equipped rate(46.8%) were higher than those of the other organizations because the Korean government ruled that healthcare institutions in new buildings must have facilities for the disabled. In conclusion, we confirmed that the accessibility of the disabled to healthcare institution slightly increased. In particular, the healthcare institutions in newly constructed building showed the significant increase of accessibility of the disabled. However, it is founded that disabled access is still not enough for the disabled.

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