• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.388-402
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• 2017

This paper presents an enhancement of the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method for measuring spatial accessibility between three age groups, addressing the problem of uniform access within the catchment by applying multiple impedance function to account for distance decay and by applying weights to different age groups to account for medical service preference. The enhancement is provided to be another special care of the gravity model. When applying this modified three-step floating catchment area to measure the spatial access to emergency medical services in a study area, Chungnam province in South Korea, we find that it reveals the variation of spatial accessibility patterns between cities and rural areas and delineates more spatially explicit medical service shortage areas in southern Chungnam areas, especially remoted local rural areas. Finally, this method may be used to help the health and medical service divisions and the state departments improve designation of medical shortage areas. From the discussions, it is easy to implement in planning spatial policies of medical service and straightforward to be used as a basic, but core element for health and medical strategies in the province.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.203-216
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• 2012

The aim of the research is to lead to suggestions on public health policy, to suggest the direction of accessibility to public health services in rural area through analyzing various health programs and health service system, health care facilities. Nepal's public health policy needs improvement in the quality of the health services as well as accessibility to the services to improve population quality.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.87-103
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• 2010

In the study, we introduce the trend in domestic and foreign web accessibility, as well as the legal system that ensures web accessibility. Based on Korean Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (KWCAG)1.0, we investigated the web content accessibility of 80 tertiary health-care hospitals and general hospitals in Korea. We evaluated accessibility by combining accessibility-based criteria (ABC) with usability-based criteria (UBC). ABC was limited to an alternative text for Guideline 1, using a small number of frames and keyboard accessibility for Guideline 2. UBC checked the voice service (TTS), resizing text, providing multi-lingual websites, and disclosing web accessibility policy. KADO-WAH2.0 was used for representing the compliance rate. The evaluation result was a considerable improvement from previous results, even though the rate of compliance with web accessibility was generally insufficient. There was a significant difference between those medical centers which did and did not comply with web accessibility. Incidentally, many hospitals were found to have attempted to confront and come to terms with web accessibility. In future, the following factors are advisable for medical centers with publicity or public interest: they must employ active and aggressive promotion of establishment of independent accessibility guidelines to secure web accessibility, they should effect an improvement of the realization of web accessibility, there can be constant education and promotion, and there can be an institutional supplementation, as well as others.

• Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.160-160
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• 1990

정부는 보건의료취약지역의 주민에게 보건의료를 효율적으로 제공케 함으로써 국민의 의료균형과 보건향상에 목적을 두어 보건진료원을 1981년부터 훈련 배치하였다. 본 연구는 사전 Pre-test, Post-test, Control Group Design에 의하여 이들 보건진료원이 배치되기 이전에 baseline data를 수집 분석하여 3년 후(1984년)에 보건 진료원의 활동성과를 종합적으로 평가하기 위해 실시된 것이다. 본 연구에서 농어촌 벽지에 보건진료원이 배치됨으로써 보건진료원 투입 전 후, 투입지역과 비투입지역(대조지역, control area)간 비교분석에 의하여 보건진료원이 보건의료서비스 접근성의 변화에 준 순효과가 종합적으로 평가될 수 있다. 그러나 본 보고서는 1981년에 농어촌 벽지 4,083 가구의 표본에서 수집된 자료를 이용하여 벽지의 보건의료서비스 접근성의 현상분석에 치중하고 있다. 보건의료서비스는 의료 서비스와 예방서비스로 구분되었고 예방서비스는 모성보건, 영유아보건, 가족계획으로 세 분류 되었다. 보건의료서비스와 접근성은 Aday와 Andersen의 모형에 의하여 4개 component로 나누어 분석되었고, 각 component의 특성은 지표(indicator)에 의하여 설명되고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.179-182
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• 2007

최근 우리나라의 인터넷 이용자수는 급속히 증가하고 있다. 그러나 인터넷을 이용하는 환경은 매우 다양하여 환경에 구애받지 않고 인터넷을 이용할 수 있는 데에는 한계가 있다. 이러한 점에서 볼 때, 누구나 환경에 구애받지 않고 정보에 접근할 수 있도록 보장하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 웹 접근성에 주목하여 국내외의 웹 접근성 동향을 살펴보고 웹 접근성을 보장하기 위한 법 제도와 웹 접근성 실태를 소개하였다. 그리고 우리나라의 웹 접근성 지침을 근거로 종합전문요양기관에 대한 웹 접근성 실태를 조사하였다. 조사 결과 웹 접근성을 제대로 준수한 의료기관은 거의 없었으며, 향후 웹 접근성 확보를 위하여 인식의 제고, 지속적인 교육 및 홍보, 법 제도적 보완 등을 제언하였다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.408-418
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the official medical tourism websites in several countries. We compared the websites of three countries using the 4 criteria(e.g.,contents, convenience, design, interactivity). The evaluation of accessibility and subjective perception were conducted by websites users. Total 77 cases were used for the analysis. For the statistical analysis of data, MANOVA was used. According to the MANOVA analysis, The Malaysia website received the highest mark in accessibility and subjective perception. Each of the evaluations showed a significant difference among countries.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.9 no.8
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• pp.102-109
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• 2019

Despite of advanced plans from Korean government to encourage Korean medical tourism, the medical tourism in Korea is still under competitive compared to the countries including Thailand, Singapore, and India, in which the government has been driving the development in industries of medical tourism, Moreover, the studies identifying the factors affecting tourists' satisfaction has not been actively performed up to date. Therefore, this study attempts to investigate the influences of quality of medical service, accessibility, cost adequacy, and quality of tourism of Korean medical tourism on Chinese tourists' satisfaction and revisit intention. For the purpose of empirical study, a survey has been conducted to Chinese medical tourists. Findings are as follows. First, the factors of medical tourism attributes including quality of medical service, cost adequacy, and quality of tourism have turned out to have positive effects on medical tourists' satisfaction. Second, tourists' satisfaction has a positive effect on revisit intention.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.43-49
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• 2011

Web-based health information provides a lot of conveniences, however the security vulnerabilities that appear in the network environment without the risk of exposure in the use of information are growing. Web-based medical information security issues when accessing only the technology advances, without attempting to seek a safe methodology are to increase the threat element. So it is required. to take advantage of web-based information security measures as a web-based access control security mechanism-based design. This paper is based on software architecture, design, ideas and health information systems were designed based on access control security mechanism. The methodologies are to derive a new design procedure, to design architecture and algorithms that make the mechanism functio n. To accomplish this goal, web-based access control for multiple patient information architecture infrastructures is needed. For this software framework to derive features that make the mechanism was derived based on the structure. The proposed system utilizes medical information, medical information when designing an application user retrieves data in real time, while ensuring integration of encrypted information under the access control algorithms, ensuring the safety management system design.

• Quality Improvement in Health Care
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.101-114
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• 2008

흔히 관리의료 (Managed Care)라 불려지는 미국의 의료체계는 과거 약 30여년간 미국내 의료비용증가의 억제, 의료서비스 접근성 개선, 의료의 질향상이라는 세가지 목표를 이루기위해 시행되어 왔다. 이 관리의료체계는 지속적으로 증가하는 의료비용을 어느정도 억제하는데는 성공하였으나, 몇년전부터 의료정책전문가들은 관리의료체계의 의료비용증가 억제 역할은 이미 한계에 다다렀다고 판단하고 있으며, 의료서비스 접근성 개선이나 의료의 질향상에는 큰 성과를 이루지 못했다고 평가하고 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 미국의 의료서비스 질향상을 위한 노력은 지속적이면서도 체계적으로 진행되어왔다고 자부하고 있다. 최근 미국내 의료서비스 질향상을 위한 형태를 살펴보면 자주 거론되는 것이 Prevention activity, Physician Profiling, Pay-for-Performance (P4P), Clinical Practice Guideline, Health Information Technology (Health IT)등임을 알 수 있다. 미국의 이러한 노력들이 최근 1-2년사이 한국내에도 널리 알려지고 이미 일부는 시범사업형태로 실시되고 있는 점을 감안하면 별반 다를 것이 없다고 여겨질 수 있으나, 여기서 주목할 것은 이러한 노력들이 미국내에서 시도되게된 계기와 목적, 그리고 그 과정들을 눈여겨 볼 필요가 있다는 점이다. 하지만 민간보험 주도 형태의 미국 의료시장에서 탄생한 이런 일련의 노력들이 정부주도하의 전국민건강보험체계로 운영되는 국내 의료시장에 도입되어 실효를 거두기 위해서는 모방형 도입이 아닌 국내 의료체계와 실정에 적합하도록 수정 혹은 개선된 형태로 선별, 도입되어야 함을 암시하고 있음도 주지해야 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.171-173
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• 2014

육상과 떨어져 근무하고 있는 해양근로자들은 의료접근도의 한계성으로 인해 건강관리에 많은 어려움을 호소하고 있다. 이와 같은 해양근로자들에게 U- health기반의 해양원격의료시스템 도입을 한다면, 질병예방 및 건강관리, 나아가 건강증진에 이르기까지 매우 효과적일 것이다. 따라서 이 연구는 향후 해양근로자의 원격 건강관리 서비스를 위한 원격의료 도입 및 운영의 기본 방향을 제공하는 것을 목적으로 한다.