• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제41권9호통권412호
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• pp.619-622
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• 2003

• 건강소식
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.12-13
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• 2010

잇몸병(치주질환)은 한국인이 가장 많이 앓는 질환 중 하나이다. 건강보험심사평가원의 진료비 통계지표(2009년 기준)에 따르면 치주질환진료가 감기 등의 호흡기 질환 다음으로 많다고 한다. 문제는 많은 사람들이 잇몸병에 시달리고 있지만 그 심각성을 크게 인식하지 못하고 있다는 점이다. 잇몸병이 합병증을 유발하는 질병의 뿌리인데도 말이다.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.30-38
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• 2022

Purpose: The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) in South Korea initiated a quality assessment (QA) program for blood transfusion healthcare services in 2020 to ensure patient safety and appropriate blood use. This study examines the quality of blood transfusion services since the first national QA program for blood transfusion services in Korea. Methods: We analyzed HIRA claims and QA investigation data based on inpatient medical records from all tertiary, general, and primary hospitals between October 2020 and March 2021. The target population was patients aged 18 years and older who received either total knee arthroplasty or red blood cell transfusion. The QA indicators for transfusion healthcare service consisted of four quality indicators and four monitoring indicators. Results: We analyzed the results of QA indicators for transfusion service from the medical records of 189,668 patients from 1,171hospitals and expressed indicators as proportions. The average results for evaluation indicators were as follows: transfusion checklist presence, 64.8%; irregular antibody tests, 61.8%; transfusions in which the hemoglobin levels before transfusion met the transfusion guidelines for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, 20.6%, and transfusions in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, 59.3%. The average results for monitoring indicators were as follows: transfusion management implementation in medical institutions, 56.9%; preoperative anemia management in anemia patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, 43.9%; one-unit transfusions, 82.5%; and the transfusion index. Conclusion: The quality of blood transfusion healthcare varied and the assessment revealed that there is scope for improvement. Hospitals require more effective blood transfusion management and this can be facilitated by providing feedback on the QA results about blood transfusion healthcare services to medical institutions, and by disclosing the results to the public.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.215-230
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• 2005

이 조사논문은 건강보험 중 구강요양급여의 청구 및 심사등과 관련하여 일선 개원치의들의 견해를 조사하고, 보험관련정책수립에 개원치의들의 의견을 적극 반영코자 하는데 그 의의를 두고 있다. 본 조사는 2004년 2월경에 부산광역시 경남일대에 개원하고 있는 1,465명의 개원치의를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여 이들 중에서 406명으로부터 답변을 얻었고, 그 내용은 아래와 같이 요약할 수 있다. 1. 청구업무와 관련된사항 : 보험청구의 담당은 대체로 치과위생사(간호조무사)와 치과의사의 직접청구방식이 많았다. 대행청구는 그 비중이 전체에서 20%미만을 차지했다. 2.보험강좌의 참여도 : 보험강좌에 대한 관심은 비교적 저조한 것으로 나타났다. 3.이의신청유무 : 보험청구에 관련한 이의신청 유무는 엇비슷하게 나타났다. 4. 건강보험 심사규정에 관한 개원치의들의 견해 : 현재의 진료비 심사규정 지침에 대한 개원치의들의 생각을 묻는 질문에 대한 응답으로는 "심사기준이 난해하고 부당한 삭감이 많은 것 같다"는 응답이 압도적으로 많았다. 5. 건강보험심사평가원과 관련한 사항 : 약 70%의 개원치의들은 건강보험심사평가원으로부터 자율지도라는 명분하에 이루어지는 대화방식에 불만을 표시했다. 6. 진료비 영수증 발급에 대한 개원치의들의 입장 : 약 70%의 개원치의들은 진료비 영수증 발급에 여려움을 겪고 있었다. 7. 건강보험 비급여 진료분야의 급여적용에 관한 사항 : 대다수의 개원치의들은 전악 스켈링처치와 치면열구전색처치 및 불소도포와 같은 예방치료에 대해서는 급여적용을 희망하였다. 노인틀니, 귀금속을 제외한 보철치료, 광중합레진치료 등에 관하여는 비급여적용을 희망하였다.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.11-28
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to derive implication on the adoption of PROMs (Patient-Reported Outcome Measures) to improve quality of care in South Korea. With this purpose, the paper examines the status of PROMs in South Korea and other countries including OECD's PaRIS (Patient Reported Indicators Survey) initiative, and reviews policy cases that have adopted PROMs to improve performance of healthcare system. Methods: We conducted literature review on OECD reports on PaRIS, peer-reviewed journals, and information from the websites of relevant institutions such as ICHOM, NQF and OECD. Results: To identify healthcare services of best values and support patient-centered health system, OECD has initiated PaRIS which develops, collects and analyzes patient-reported indicators for cross-countries comparison. PaRIS is implemented on two work streams: 1) collect, validate and standardize PROMs in the areas where patient-reported indicators already exist such as breast cancers, hip and knee replacement, and mental conditions, 2) develop a new international survey on multiple chronic conditions. Countries like England, U.S., Sweden and Netherlands use PROMs for measuring performance of hospitals and performance evaluation at the national level, and provide the financial incentives for reporting PROMs. Conclusions: The use of PROMs can support the current policy agenda that is the patient-centered healthcare system which has been emphasized to reinforce the primary and the community-based care. For the use of PROMs, it is recommended to actively participate in PaRIS initiative by OECD, select appropriate instruments for PROMs, and continue on standardization of them. This will assure patients' involvement in improving health system performance, systemize information generated in the process of adopting PROMs, and develop a system to evaluate performance.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.399-408
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• 2021

The emergency medical service system in Korea was built upon the Emergency Medical Service Act, 1995 to respond adequately to be much in demand for emergency medical services. In addition, the government recognized the importance of the trauma care system and set out to plan for the designation and establishment of the regional trauma center by 2012. This study aimed to investigate features of quality management and trauma fee schedule on better understanding of trauma care system. First, quality management of the regional trauma center has been implemented by several quality programs involved in quality assessment, committee on trauma quality management, and mortality and morbidity conference. Second, the trauma fee schedule has reflected a specific quality of severe traumatic conditions and added the result to it, which are graded A, B, and C according to quality assessment. Although the government has contributed to instituting a trauma quality assessment program and trauma fee schedule for the regional trauma center, it could not lead to such a fixed standard for quality management of them. Therefore, it will promote discussion on the sustainability of the regional trauma center that requires reducing preventable trauma death rate and the way to apply comprehensive quality management.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.508-517
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• 2021

Background: After the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in January 2020, Korea has experienced three waves in 2020. This study aimed to analyze changes in health care utilization according to the period of the 1st to 3rd waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We analyzed 3,354,469,401 national health insurance claims from 59,104 medical facilities between 2017 and 2020. Observed-to-expected ratios (O:E ratio) with data from 2017 to 2019 as expected values and data from 2020 as observed values were obtained to analyze changes in medical utilization. T-test was used to test whether the difference of observed and expected values was statistically significant. Results: In 2020, the O:E ratio was 0.894, indicating a decrease in health care utilization overall during the pandemic. The O:E ratio of the 1st wave was 0.832, which was lower than those of the second (0.886) and third (0.873) waves. Health care utilization decreased relatively more among outpatient, women, children and adolescents, and health insurance patients. And health care utilization decreased more in small medical facilities and in Daegu and Gyeongbuk during the first wave. During the pandemic, the O:E ratios of respiratory diseases were 0.486-0.694, while chronic diseases and mental diseases were more than 1.0. Conclusion: Health care utilization decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic overall, and there were differences by COVID-19 waves, and by the characteristics of patients and medical facilities. It is necessary to understand the cause of changes in health care utilization in order to cope with the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.477-484
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• 2016

본 연구는 자기공명영상(MRI)의 건강보험 적용 전 후 이용량 동향과 이용량에 영향을 미치는 요인을 알아보기 위해 실시하였다. 연구재료는 2004년 1월부터 2013년 12월까지 대전광역시 소재 종합병원(2차 의료기관)의 MRI 실시자료(처방 정보 전달 시스템), 보험심사자료, 건강보험요양급여자료(건강보험심사평가원)를 이용하였고, 분석대상은 2004년(건강보험 적용 전) 3,754명, 2005년 - 2013년(건강보험 적용 후) 4,107명-8,630명 이었다. 분석은 이용자 특성(성별, 연령, 검사부위, 보험유형)과 공급자 특성(진료과, 진료형태)의 MRI 건강보험 적용 전 후 이용량 비교를 $X^2$ 으로 하였고, MRI 이용량에 영향을 미치는 요인분석을 위계적 다중회귀분석으로 실시하였다. 연구결과 건강보험 적용 초기에 한시적으로 이용량이 감소하지만 이후 꾸준히 증가하였다. 특히 여성의 검사 율, Head & Neck의 검사 율, 일반수가적용 환자의 검사 율, 내과의 검사율, 입원환자의 검사 율이 건강보험 적용 전에 비해 증가하였다. 그리고 MRI의 건강보험 적용은 검사 율 증가에 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다(P<.0001). MRI 검사 율이 증가하는 만큼 국민의료비 감소를 위해 건강보험 적용 확대가 적극적으로 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.130-137
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• 2019

The fee-for-service system is used as the main payment system for health care providers in Korea. It has been argued that it can't reflect differences in the medical practice costs across regions because the fee schedule is calculated based on the average cost. So, some researchers and providers have disputed that there is need for adopting geographic practice cost index (GPCI) used in the United States for the Medicare program for the elderly to the fee-for-service payment system. This study performed to identify whether the difference in the practice costs among regions exists or not and to examine the feasibility of applying GPCI to Korea payment system. For this purpose, we calculated modified-GPCI and examined considerations to introduce GPCI in Korea. First we identified available data to calculate GPCI. Second, we made applicable GPCI equations to Korea payment system and computed it based on four types of regions (metropolitan, urban, suburban, and rural). We also categorize the regions based on the availability of the medical resources and the capability of utilizing them. As a result, we found that there wasn't any significant difference in the GPCI by regional types in general, but the indices of rural areas (0.91-0.98) was relatively low compared to the indices of other regions (0.96-1.07). Considering the need to use GPCI floor, the pros and cons of using GPCI, and the concern of the regional imbalance of resources, the introduction of GPCI needs to be carefully considered.

• 한국노년학
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.81-91
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• 2010

본 연구는 노인의 인지능력을 기능적 관점에서 평가하기 위해 개발된 인지수행척도(Cognitive Performance Scale, CPS)가 우리나라 요양병원의 임상환경에 적합한지를 검증하기 위해 수행되었다. 이를 위해 CPS와 MMSE(Mini-Mental State Examination), GDS(Global Deterioration Scale)간의 수렴타당도, 조사자간 일치도, 내적 일관성을 측정하였다. 2개의 치매전문 요양병원 입원환자 393명을 대상으로 해당병원의 간호사가 표준화된 작성지침을 이용하여 CPS를 직접 측정하였고, 이 점수가 해당병원의 의사, 간호사가 측정한 GDS점수, 건강보험 청구 자료의 MMSE점수와 상관성이 있는지 분석하였다. 또한 동일 환자에 대해 또 한명의 간호사가 CPS를 한 번 더 측정하여 기존의 CPS점수와 비교하였다. 그 결과 CPS는 GDS와 중등도 이상의 상관관계(r=0.742, p<0.0001)를 보였고, MMSE와는 높은 상관관계(r=-0.794, p<0.0001)를 보였다. CPS의 Cronbach ${\alpha}$ 계수는 0.742로 높은 내적 일관성을 나타냈고 조사자간 일치도를 보기 위해 산출한 문항별 Kappa 계수는 0.772~1.000이었다. 우리나라 요양병원 환경에서도 노인의 인지능력을 기능적 관점에서 평가하기 위해 CPS를 사용하는 것이 타당하다고 판단된다.