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Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing (한국지역사회간호학회)
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Effects of Visiting Nursing Services in Long-term Care Insurance on Utilization of Health Care

노인장기요양보험의 방문간호 서비스가 의료이용에 미치는 효과

  • Received : 2016.06.22
  • Accepted : 2016.09.12
  • Published : 2016.09.30
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Abstract

Purpose: This is a comparative study using secondary data from the Korean national long term care (LTC) insurance. Methods: Visiting nursing (VN) service users (n=666) and non-users (n=4,375) were extracted and compared in terms of medical expenditures, length of hospitalization, and annual number of ambulatory care visits to investigate effects of VN services in LTC. Results: Total health care expenditures were compared between the two groups and it was found that VN service users spent about $ 1700 than non-users for their medical costs between 2009 and 2011. The average length of in-hospital stay for VN service users was 19.4 days shorter than that of non-users. However, using VN services did not significantly influence the annual number of ambulatory care visits. Conclusion: The study has found that VN services are effective ways of providing community-based LTC services. We recommend LTC policy makers to further utilize VN services to deliver cost effective health care services.

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