• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.65-79
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• 2017

Objectives : This study aimed to investigate the types of unmet health care needs of the elderly and factors affecting them. Methods : This study used data from the 2012 Community Health Survey. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify the relevance between each type of unmet health care needs and predisposing, enabling, and needs factors, based on the cases without unmet health care needs. Results : Persons with unmet health care needs were 4,460 (9.5%) of the total sample. By types of unmet health care needs, 1,171 (2.5%), 1,026 (2.2%), and 2,263 (4.8%) persons reported inaccessibility, non-accommodativeness, and unaffordability respectively. It was concluded that the there were differences in the associated factors according to the types of unmet medical needs. Conclusions : It is suggested that unmet health care needs in the elderly should be examined from diverse angles rather than from a single aspect of partial limits. In particular, diverse types of unmet health care needs for health care in the elderly according to limited accommodation shoulder be examined. Finally, strategies to decrease unmet health care needs that reflect the associated factors should be developed.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.81-93
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• 2015

This study investigated the prevalence of unmet needs for health care among Korean adults and related factors. Using data from the 2012 Korea Health Panel, 1,896 adults aged 65 and over and two age groups(Young-Old(66-74) and Old-Old($65{\leq}$)) were analyzed to identify these factors. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the main factors associated with unmet medical needs. According to the results of this study, the factors influencing unmet medical needs with regard to economic factors were Subjective Health Status(young-old), Disability(young-old), Activity Limitation(young-old), Education Level(old) and Economic Activity(old). The factors influencing unmet medical needs were factors of attitude, information, and disease. factors were Disability(young-old), Activity Limitation(young-old), Education Level(old) and Economic Activity(old). Therefore, further research that investigates unmet needs depending on age group in the elderly would suggest helpful policy implications.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.31-41
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• 2018

Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate whether employment status is associated with the experience of unmet care needs. Methods: This study utilized the Korea Health Panel data from 2012 to 2016. A total of 4,083 workers were selected as baseline subjects in 2012 and were followed for four years. This study used the GLIMMIX procedure under the marginal model while adjusting for covariates. Results: A total of 12.4% of 4,083 people said they had failed at least once to have a treatment or checkup despite the needs. Those more likely to experience unmet care needs were women and people of lower income level, with worse health conditions and chronic disease. Precarious workers, the self-employed, and the unemployed were more likely to experience unmet care needs caused by economic burden than permanent workers (Odds Ratio: 2.14, 2.07, 2.74, respectively). Conclusions: This disparity means that precarious workers and the unemployed are more likely to face barriers in obtaining needed health services. Given their insecure employment status, meeting their needs for health care is an important consideration.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.39-49
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• 2018

Objectives : In this study, we used the data of the 2015 National Health and Nutrition Survey in its 6th Phase, and the total number of subjects included was 4,884. Methods : Frequency analysis, crosstab and logistic regression analysis were conducted to investigate unmet medical factors related to family members. Results : The subjects of the study were 10.3% single-person households and 89.7% non-single-person households. There were statistically significant differences in age, education level, marital status, income level, private health insurance, and subjective health status. Factors associated with unmet healthcare needs according to single-person households was subjective health status. Age, gender, marital status and subjective health status were the factors associated with unmet healthcare needs according to non-single-person households. Conclusions : It is necessary to establish health care policies that can expand the health education necessary for providing appropriate information on medical care and improving awareness of social illnesses and improving affordability and convenience.

• 대한치과의료관리학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2020

This study is conducted on 1,725 elderly people over 65 years of age using 2018 data obtained from the 7th National Health and Nutrition Survey (KNHANES) data. In this study, an analysis is performed considering the general characteristics of the elderly and their oral health status (authoring discomfort, speech problems, etc.) to confirm the relationship between the elderly's unmet dental experience and depressive experience. The results of this study showed that depressive experiences by the elderly resulted in unmet dental medical experiences, and it was also found that the income level and the complaint of chewing discomfort had an effect. Based on these results, it is believed that oral health policies should be developed to improve the unmet dental medical experience by considering the socio-economic level of the elderly and depressive experiences. This policy development is expected to lead not only to the improvement of oral health for the elderly, but also to improve the quality of life for the elderly through health promotion.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.69-90
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• 2021

Purpose : This study explores unmet medical services within a region for patients admitted to a single medical institution in one region and was to analyze the importance and satisfaction of hospital selection attributes. Through this, we tried to solve the unmet medical needs of patients and provide useful basic data in terms of hospital management in the region. Methods : It were collected to a total of 250 questionnaires for patients admitted to the regional integrative medical hospital. However, 232 samples were used for the final analysis, excluding 18 copies not reported in good faith. For the analysis, first, demographic frequency analysis of inpatients and inpatients was performed, and second, characteristics of patients, including frequent disease receiving treatment, were analyzed. Next, descriptive statistics analysis was conducted on unmet medical service intentions. In terms of hospital selection attribute, the items of continuity maintenance (I quadrant), priority visibility (II quadrant), low priority (III quadrant), and excessive effort (IV quadrant) were derived using the IPA (importance-performance analysis) matrix technique. Results : The derived results were classified by item and area. In the priority administration area, it was the reputation and recognition of medical institutions and the service area of medical institutions. In the case of items, there were 6 items including the importance of surgery and medical expenses, and diet at hospitalization. 1) Conclusion : Thus a result of this study, resources are efficiently allocated to priority correction areas with high importance but low satisfaction and circulatory medical treatment is performed in the departments required by patients who use medical care and, various methods, such as preparing a policy to support medical expenses, should be sought.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.25-38
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• 2022

목적: 본 연구의 목적은 대사증후군 주의군 대비 대사증후군의 위험요소를 식별하여 예방을 위한 중재방안을 마련하기 위한 것이다. 방법: 한국의료패널 2015년도 데이터를 활용하여 당뇨만 앓고 있는 사람을 주의군으로 당뇨, 고혈압, 이상지질혈증을 모두 앓고 있는 사람을 대사증후군으로 구분하여 추출한 다음 가중치를 부여하여 총 1,559,884명을 대상으로 하였다. 주의군 대비 개인적 특성, 건강생활습관 특성, 삶의 질 특성, 의료이용 특성에 대한 대사증후군의 영향요인을 분석하였다. 결과: 개인적 특성에서는 40대미만 연령대에 비해 연령에 비례하여 대사증후군 위험이 증가하다 70대에 40대미만과 유사한 수준으로 떨어졌다. 남성보다는 여성, 고졸이하보다는 대졸이상, 중소지역에 비해 서울시 거주자, 장애가 없는 군보다는 있는 군, 의료급여가입자보다는 건강보험 가입자, 경제활동을 안하는 군보다는 경제활동 군의 대사증후군 위험이 높았다. 건강생활 습관 특성에서는 비흡연자보다는 흡연자, 술을 안마시는 군보다는 주 2-3회 이상 음주자, 운동을 하는 군보다 안하는 군, BMI가 정상인 군보다는 30 이상인 군에서 대사증후군 위험이 높았다. 삶의 질 특성에서는 일상 활동에 지장이 없는 군보다 있는 군, 통증이나 불편이 없는 군보다 있는 군, 주관적 건강상태가 보통이상보다는 나쁜 군, 섭식문제가 없는 군보다 있었던 군에서 대사증후군 위험이 높았다. 의료이용 특성에서는 미충족 의료이용 경험이 없는 군보다 있었던 군, 약제비가 부담이 안되는 군보다 부담이 되는 군에서 대사증후군 위험이 높았다. 결론: 당뇨를 앓고 있는 그룹 중 본 연구를 통해 확인된 대사증후군 위험 요소가 많은 이들에 대해 우선적으로 대사증후군 예방 보건교육을 집중하는 방안을 제언한다.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제37호
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• pp.5-33
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• 2008

본 연구는 국민건강영양조사 3기 자료를 이용하여 저소득층의 의료이용에 대해 살펴 보았으며, 분석의 초점은 충족되지 않은 의료욕구와 의료급여제도의 효과에 두어졌다. 분석 결과 전반적으로 저소득층은 건강상태가 좋지 않은 반면 가구총소득이나 직업 등 가능요인 측면에서는 매우 불리한 조건에 놓여 있어, 의료욕구는 높으나 이를 충족시킬 자원이 부족한 상황인 것으로 나타났다. 그럼에도 불구하고 실제 저소득층의 의료기관 이용여부는 입원, 외래, 약국 등 모든 측면에서 일반인들보다 높게 나타났으며, 이는 다른 요인들을 통제했을 경우에도 유의미하였다. 분산분석(ANOVA) 결과 이용횟수에 있어서도 의료급여수급자들이 많았다. 반면, 비용 측면에서는 분산분석에서 통계적인 유의도가 검증되지 않았으나, 질병관련 요인을 비롯한 다른 요인들을 통제했을 경우 의료급여제도는 분명히 의료비용을 낮추는 효과가 있다. 의료이용에 대한 분석에서 의료급여제도는 저소득층의 좋지 않은 건강상태와 빈약한 경제적 조건을 효과적으로 보완하여 긍정적으로 기능하고 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 그러나, 의료급여제도는 저소득층의 의료욕구를 충분히 충족시켜주는데는 여전히 부족한 것으로 나타났다. 저소득층의 충족되지 않은 의료욕구는 여전히 일반인들보다 크며, 그 이유 중 가장 큰 것은 경제적인 이유였다. 이에 대한 계량분석결과 의료급여 1종과 2종, 차상위계층 등 모든 빈곤계층은 의료이용 포기가 일반 건강보험 가입자에 비해 높은 것으로 제시되고 있다. 의료급여 대상자들의 높은 의료이용량에도 불구하고 여전히 저소득층의 충족되지 않은 의료욕구가 크다는 것은 의료급여가 대상자들의 자원부족을 보완하여 어느정도 의료접근성을 높여주고 있지만 대상자들이 가진 의료욕구를 완전히 해소하기에는 불충분하다는 것을 의미하는 것이다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.311-318
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• 2019

고독사는 최근 우리 사회에서 주목하는 사회문제 중의 하나이다. 고독사의 대부분의 사례가 사회취약계층으로 건강문제를 경험한 것으로 보고되고 있다. 이처럼 건강문제를 가지고 있음에도, 임종을 홀로 맞는 등 이들의 건강불평등 문제의 심각성을 보여주고 있다. 본 연구에서는 신문기사를 활용하여 고독사 사례의 건강불평등 문제를 조명해 보고자 하였다. 분석방법은 질적 접근인 내용분석을 수행하였다. 최근 3년간 신문에 보도된 89사례를 최종 선정하여 분석하였다. 고독사 사례의 특성, 질환이나 건강문제의 유형, 그리고 의료서비스 미충족 등의 영역으로 분석을 수행하였다. 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 향후 고독사 예방에서 보건의료 영역과 지역사회의 복지서비스 제공 체계 간의 협력과 역할에 대한 논의를 제시하였다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2022

Background: This study was designed to examine regional proportions for people who experienced unmet health care needs due to reduced mobility or unhealthiness and factors associated with experience of unmet health care needs by them. Methods: A total of 11,620 people were retrieved from the Korea Health Panel data (2014-2018). Regional proportions for people who experienced unmet health care needs due to reduced mobility or unhealthiness were estimated using cross-sectional weights and the factors associated with them were analyzed using generalized estimating equation. Results: The number of people who experienced unmet health care needs due to reduced mobility or unhealthiness was estimated as 278,083 in 2018. Women, the aged (65+), below elementary school, single as marital status, low income, bad self-rated health, people with disabilities, and long-term insurance beneficiaries were statistically significantly associated with experience of unmet health care needs due to reduced mobility or unhealthiness. Conclusion: Given high and dispersed demand for visiting health care, government need to expand the infrastructure and finance to facilitate visiting health care.