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A Study on Health Service Utilization of Marriage Immigrants & Naturalized People

결혼이민자·귀화자의 의료기관 이용 실태에 관한 연구

  • Park, Ji-Kyeong (Dept. of Healthcare & Medical Administration, Suncheon First college)
  • 박지경 (순천제일대학교 보건의료행정과)
  • Received : 2013.11.21
  • Accepted : 2014.01.20
  • Published : 2014.01.28

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the health status of marriage immigrants and naturalized people, their health service utilization and barriers to that in an effort to seek ways of getting rid of their difficulties in health service utilization. The raw data of a 2012 Survey on the State of Multicultural Families were used, and a survey was conducted on 15,001 marriage immigrants and naturalized people from July 10 to July 31, 2012. As a result, the marriage immigrants and the naturalized people got a mean of 3.96 in subjective health status, which showed that they were in good health. The main medical institutions that they used in times of sickness were hospitals and clinics(82.7%). 39.1 percent of the respondents answered they had difficulties in using health service, and the most dominant difficulty they faced at that time was communication problems(52.0%), followed by high expense(28.9%). The respondents who answered they found it most difficult to use health service due to communication lagged behind the others in terms of Korean proficiency, and the respondents who cited expense as the biggest difficulty fell behind the others in terms of living standard. To make health service more accessible to marriage immigrants and naturalized people, the government should take measures to ensure their right of health. Specifically, how to relieve their financial burden should carefully be devised, and medical institutions should provide interpretation service to guarantee their easier health service utilization.

본 연구는 결혼이민자 귀화자의 건강상태와 의료기관 이용 실태 및 장애요인을 파악하여 의료기관 이용시 어려움 해소할 수 있는 개선방안을 모색하고자 실시되었다. 조사방법은"2012년 다문화가족실태조사" 원자료를 활용하였으며, 본 조사는 전국의 결혼이민자 귀화자 15,001명을 대상으로 2012년7월10일 ~ 2012년7월31일까지 실시되었다. 연구결과, 결혼이민자 귀화자의 주관적 건강상태는 평균 3.96점으로 양호한 것으로 나타났으며, 아플 때 주로 이용한 의료기관은 병의원이 82.7%로 가장 많은 것으로 나타났다. 조사대상자의 39.1%가 의료기관 이용 시 어려움이 있다고 응답하였으며, 의료기관 이용 시 어려웠던 점은 의사소통의 어려움(52.0%)이 1순위, 비용이 많이 듬(28.9%)이 2순위로 나타났다. 의료기관 이용 시 의사소통을 가장 큰 어려움이라 응답한 사람들의 한국어 수준이 다른 사람들에 비해 낮은 것으로 나타났으며, 비용을 가장 큰 어려움이라 응답한 사람들의 경제적 수준이 다른 사람들에 비해 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 결혼이민자 귀화자들의 의료기관 이용 시 어려움을 해소하기 위한 방안으로 결혼이민자 귀화자들의 건강권을 위한 정부차원의 제도적 정책 마련, 특히 비용부담 문제 해결 방안 마련이 필요하며, 의료기관 차원에서는 통역서비스 제공을 통해 원활하게 의료서비스를 제공받을 수 있도록 하여야 할 것이다.

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