• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.62 no.3
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• pp.83-108
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• 2010

This study aims to estimate the trajectory of outpatient medical service use and examine what factors are associated with the trajectory among older adults 60 and over with specific focuses on age variations. Using the first three waves of the Korean Welfare Panel Study data, the trajectory and predictors were examined through the Latent Growth Curve Modeling and age variations were examined through the Multi-group Comparison Analyses. The research model was developed based on the Anderson Model. The results showed that study participants tend to increase outpatient medical service use with years. Individuals 75 or younger presented a much faster increasing rate of medical service use than those 75 and over. Similar to the findings of the previous studies, most predisposing factors, resource factors, and needs factors were found to be associated with the trajectory of outpatient medical service use. Needs factors were more closely associated with the medical service use trajectory than resource factors. With regard to age variations in predictors, few significant age variations were found. Based on the finding of the study, implications and future research directions were discussed.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• no.37
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• pp.35-62
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• 2008

This study starts form the inequity of the spatial accessibility in social services. This study has purpose to descript and analyze the spatial accessibility of social service agencies. While analysing the spatial accessibility, this paper uses comparative method of distance and space-time measures. The results of research are as follows; It needs (1) to enhance the spatial accessibility of the aged and the disabled. (2) to facilitate the spatial accessibility of marginal area or community like rural community. (3) to recognize utilities of distance and space-time measures in the spatial accessibility.

• 한국노년학
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.803-814
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• 2010

This study was conducted to understand current management status of welfare medical device centers and to suggest complementary point. Method: We surveyed 194 welfare medical device centers through the mail. The survey was done in three domains, i. e. management of service, assuring the health resources, offering the service. Results & Conclusions: According to the result of our study, several problems, which should be improved in the near future, were suggested. That were improving facilities(especially in sanitization of the devices), operating an education or training program for the personnel, and making up for the current management. It was very important for soft landing of long-term care insurance and improving quality of the elderly's life that 'Ministry of Health and Welfare' and 'National Health Insurance corporation' must support welfare medical device centers for discharging their roles

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.23 no.2 s.110
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• pp.119-129
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• 2008

최근 로봇산업은 첨단기술 분야의 복합체로 기술혁신성과 성장잠재력이 유망한 신산업으로 각광받고 있으며, IT, BT 및 NT 관련 요소들이 융합되어 구현되는 기술로써 파급효과가 크다고 할 수 있다. 또한, 사회구조와 생활패턴의 변화로 인해 생명 연장과 병 치료 및 건강에 대한 사회적 관심이 커지고 고령화에 따른 노인인구의 증가로 인해 의료분야에 대한 관심이 증대되고 있는 실정이다. 이러한 상황에서 보다 더 나은 의료서비스를 제공함으로써 삶의 질을 향상시키고 국민 복지 향상의 핵심적 역할을 수행할 수 있는 분야는 의료용 로봇산업이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 최근 정부에서 10대 신성장동력으로 관심을 가지고 있는 로봇산업과 의료기술을 접목한 의료용 로봇에 대한 시장현황과 전망을 통해 의료용 로봇시장의 활성화는 물론 의료시장의 확대방안을 마련하고자 하였다. 또한, 로봇산업에서 전문 서비스용 로봇으로써 의료용 로봇이 차지하는 위상과 기술 현황 및 적용사례를 통해 향후 차세대 신성장 동력으로써의 비전을 살펴보고 의료용 로봇 기술개발을 위한 유용한 시사점을 제시하고자 하였다.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.101-121
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to examine the job characteristics of care workers in elderly care voucher service emphasizing a social service quality management approach. The study sample was composed of randomly-selected 233 centers which dispatched care staffs to clients' home. Descriptive analyses were performed for examining the unique aspects of relationship-based labor of care staffs, and logistic regression analyses were performed for investigating the association between service quality structure and human right violation against staffs. As the first empirical study focusing on staff-side service quality factors, this study found out that human right violation against staffs was mainly influenced by record-keeping and document management capacity of center, risk protection under insurance, compliance of standard contract procedure, and regular supervision. These results suggest particular policy attention should be given to basic protection for and set-up of core activity boundaries of care workers as well as clients-centered rights both for preventing human right violation and improving overall social service quality.

• 한국노년학
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.195-220
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• 2010

This study is to examine the job satisfaction of the social workers who manage the elderly care service in country, in order to find political alternatives and practical strategies for improving job satisfaction. The Factors to effect on job satisfaction are categorized as three groups ; personal factors, working environment factors and service related factors. The survey was conducted by 231 social workers who participated in a national seminar among 244 elderly care facilities in country, and 220 effective data were collected. Which factors effected on the job satisfaction of social workers and how much effected on it by them were mainly analyzed. The mean of job satisfaction status was 3.01, which was slightly higher than average(2.5). Men had higher job satisfaction than women. The unmarried than the married, permanent workers than contract workers, and workers who didn't execute other jobs had higher job satisfaction also. And The main factors which effected on job satisfaction were sex among personal factors, the manager willingness and not executing other jobs among working environment factors, and service attitude among service related factors. Particularly, the manager willingness was shown to effect on job satisfaction the most, and then service attitude, not executing other jobs and sex effected on it in order. The result showed that the elderly care facilities which had stronger manager willingness and better service attitude provided higher job satisfaction, and men who didn't execute other jobs than women had higher job satisfaction. The job satisfactions of payment and benefits, employment stability, appropriateness of working amount and working time, working environment and welfare conditions were lower than average. Therefore, the strategies to improve the lower job conditions are promptly required. Above all, the low payment strategy that has not been increased at all for 3 years has to be changed. In addition, it is important for the social workers not to execute other jobs as much as possible in order to reduce working amount and working time appropriately. In conclusion, it is required to try to improve the job satisfaction of the social workers who are the core of human service continually, which will make the elderly care service successful and effectiveness improved.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.271-295
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• 2018

Information inequality has been differently conceptualized and defined in national laws. While the information inequality increases, library policy and informational service has lagged behind in meeting the needs of the society and the state. This paper aims to provide a preliminary research on information inequality, in terms of conceptualization, the legal base, terminology, index development based on the level of digital information. The paper also highlights cases on library services for solution of the difference. It compares library services designed for the disabled, ethnic minorities and the aged. The paper reviews the existing literature and project data. As a result, there are a number of processes and tasks that needs to be developed, including policy development, supporting organization, human capital, cooperating network, supporting facilities and service, and data.

• 한국노년학
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.855-869
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to identify how to efficiently integrate long-term care facilities into geriatric hospitals. We conducted a survey on the current operations of facilities and medical services of 2009 of 192 long-term facilities and 168 geriatric hospitals in Korea between October and November. Technical statistics and chi-square test were conducted on the collected data using the SPSS 13.0/Win program. There was a difference between the two facility types in terms of the co-payment levels of the food services. Both types selected the budget deficit as their major management problem. Ease of access and the surrounding environment were critical factors used to select the location of both types of facilities. Facility users benefited from the discounted co-payments of both facility types. However, facility users wanted more frequent visits and support from their family members during their stay at the facilities. It was discovered that users in the long-term care facilities stayed longer, that is until they died, compared to their counterparts in geriatric hospitals. The two types of facilities provided their services totally separately to users. Users of the two types of facilities are poorly supported and cared for by their families. This study suggests that setting reasonable service fees, paying caretakers, introducing an integrated facility, strengthening facility assessment standards, introducing the family doctor system, and introducing the handling of long-term care insurance by geriatric hospitals would allow the integration between long- term care facilities and geriatric hospitals to be beneficial.

• 한국IT서비스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.347-352
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• 2007

물류관리를 위하여 RFID (radio frequency identification) 기술의 적용이 활발해지고 있다. 이러한 추세와 컨테이너 화물의 보안에 대한 관심이 증대되면서 RFID 방식의 e-Seal (electronic seal)에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 수출입물류 분야를 중심으로 e-Seal 적용 현황을 파악하고 e-Seal 적용을 위하여 해결하여야 할 문제점과 적용시 고려요소를 분석하였다. 또한, e-Seal 적용을 위하여 수출입물류에 관한 현 비즈니스 프로세스를 분석하여 개선 방안에 대하여 제시하였다. 현실적인 e-Seal 적용방안과 e-Seal 적용시 기존의 물류 프로세스의 개선 방안을 도출하기 위하여 실제 해운사 및 관세청 등 관련 기관의 물류관리 프로세스를 분석하였다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.479-487
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to identify a potential user's need for use and operational of the elderly day care center and to identify the problems and suggest development directions. The data collection was conducted on 320 ordinary people living in J-do through a questionnaire, and sought to understand the operational status of in-depth interview institutions for the heads and employees of six center. As a result of the analysis, a potential user's ware not aware of the functions and specific roles of day care center, the cost of facilities was covered by the government, and that facilities and the environment were important factors when using the center. In-depth interviews show that the current policy or system is far from reality and does not fit the status or role of the workers and the operational status of the agency, requiring the re-establishment of the on-site system. Based on the research results, the development direction of day care facilities requires active promotion and strengthening of family support for improving and enhancing awareness of day care facilities to citizens at the national level. Second, the quality of nursing services should be enhanced through improvements in facilities and the environment that reflect users' needs. Third, The government should improve the quality of nursing services by improving the poor employment conditions and treatment of workers to fit the reality.