• Health Policy and Management
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.185-195
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• 2024

Background: Disabled people have particularly restricted access to health care. In response to this, the pilot project for the general physician (GP) system for disabled people was implemented in 2018, based on the rights of people with disability to the Health Act in South Korea. However, its participants were 0.2% among the total of those with severe disabilities in 2021. Therefore, this study examined the factors related to registering with a GP and the access level to its services to suggest implications for activating the participation of disabled people. Methods: We analyzed factors affecting the registration with a GP and the number of using the services among the participants of the GP system during May 2018 and December 2021 by conducting hierarchical logistic regression and hierarchical regression. The data were linked with the national health insurance data to examine various predictors, including disability types, socioeconomic status, health status, and GP registration. Results: As a result of analyzing the factors affecting whether or not to register for the pilot project, those with disabilities (physical disabilities, brain lesions, visual, intellectual, mental, and autistic disability) eligible for disability care (odds ratio [OR], 4.157) than other disability, and those living in metropolitan (OR, 4.330) or cities (OR, 3.332) than rural residences were highly likely to enroll the pilot study. Health-related variables also predicted the registration status of the pilot project. The predictors related to GP enrollment types (membership type: general health or disability care, GP's affiliation: clinics or hospitals) significantly influenced levels of access to services. Conclusion: It is necessary to develop the GP project for disabled people by considering the variation in types of disability, residences, and health. Further study will be needed to investigate the impact of GPs on the level of participation among disabled people.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.12
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• pp.443-451
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• 2021

This study is a qualitative research using focus group interviews with disabled people and their families to understand the unmet healthcare needs perceived themselves and to analyze the experiences of 'The 2^nd pilot project for primary care for people with disabilities', from 9 to 17 February 2021. The subjects of the study was the disabled who can express their opinions (group 1) or the guardians of the subjects who can not express their opinions (group 2). The participants were interviewed for about 100 minutes for each group once or twice. As a result of this study, the factors regarding unmet healthcare needs were extracted in subject, provider, institutional, and socio-cultural aspects. Further, the factors resolved and unresolved by the pilot project were extracted. Based on the results, we can recommend that the expanded application to the visiting service, inclusion of doctors from various departments, multidisciplinary approach including physical or occupational therapists, minimizing disconnection among the hospitals and healthcare centers, improvement of service quality by collecting opinions from people with disabilities, and more publicity activities should be applied.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.146-149
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• 2011

최근에 우리 사회는 급격히 증가하는 만성질환으로 위기에 처해있다. 진보된 의료기술도 여전히 만성 질환을 완벽히 진료해 주지 못하고 있다. 현대 사회의 많은 사람들은 긴 수명을 보장받는 대신에 만성질환 장애를 가지게 되었고 비싼 의료 비용은 심각한사회 문제로 대두되고 있다. IT가 발달함에 따라 병원 중심의 치료서비스에서 개인과 주치의가 상호 긴밀하게 협력하여 질병의 예방, 관리, 건강증진 등을 제공하는 u-Healthcare 시스템이 빠르게 발전하고 있다. u-Healthcare 시스템은 개인 건강 기기로부터 측정된 생체 정보 데이터가 병원과 주치의에게 전달되어 언제 어디서나 검사 및 피드백이 가능하도록 하는 것이 목적이다. 본 논문에서는 유헬스케어 시스템에 발 맞추어 스마트 폰 기반의 만성질환자를 위한 u-DailyCare 시스템의 설계한다. 스마트폰 사용자로부터 얻어진 행위 데이터 및 생체 정보 데이터를 수집하여 서버에 보내면, 이 정보들을 바탕으로 주치의 혹은 병원에서 실시간으로 데이터를 분석하여 피드백을 준다. 본 논문의 특징으로는 키넥트 카메라와 신체 활동을 측정하는 MET 단위를 사용하여 정확한 행위 데이터 측정과 분석에 도움을 주었다. 이로써 주치의는 환자에게 좀더 정확하고 정교한 피드백을 전달할 수 있다.

• 건강소식
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• v.29 no.7 s.320
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• pp.14-15
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• 2005

괄목할만한 경제 발전과 항공 관련 기술 향상에 힘입어 항공수요는 꾸준히 증가하여 전세계적으로 매년 10억 이상의 인구가 항공 여행을 하고 있다. 그러나 일부에서는 건강 상태를 고려하지 않고 항공 여행을 하고 있어 기내에서 심각한 건강 장애를 일으키기도 한다. 특히 지병이 있는 사람들의 경우는 건강한 사람과는 달리 오히려 건강 상태가 악화될 수도 있다. 따라서 항공 여행을 염두에 두고 있는 환자들은 필요한 항공의학적 조언 및 기내에서 발생할 지도 모를 의학적 응급사태 예방을 위한 지침을 미리 알아두고 주치의 및 항공사와의 긴밀한 협조관계를 유지하는 것이 필요하다.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.34-41
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• 2021

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of depressive patients who admitted to general hospital. We examined the clinical characteristics of patients who were referred to the Department of Psychiatry as depressive symptoms, according to the type of consultation request, and comparing 'with re-consultation' and 'without re-consultation' groups. Methods : We performed a retrospective chart review of 4,966 inpatients who were referred to the Department of Psychiatry from August 2005 to December 2011. Results : For about 6 years, among the inpatients referred for psychiatric consultation, a total of 647 patients were referred for depressive symptoms, accounting for 13.82% of the total consultations. The average age of depressive patients was 58.6 years, which was higher than the average of 56.4 years of overall patients. Among the depressive patients, 275 patients were included in 'with re-consultation' group and there was no statistically significant difference when comparing 'with re-consultation' group and 'without re-consultation' group. However, there was a difference in the tendency of the two groups in the type of consultation request. 'With re-consultation' group was in the order of frequency of consultation type 3-2-1, whereas the 'without re-consultation' group was in the order of frequency of consultation type 2-3-1. Conclusions : The group of inpatients who were referred for depressive symptoms in general hospital showed the largest proportion of the group of patients referred to the Department of Psychiatry. 'With re-consultation' group had a higher rate of re-consultation due to the occurrence of new symptoms after hospitalization compared to 'without re-consultation' group. Therefore, doctors in each department and psychiatrists should pay attention to the depressive symptoms of inpatients and actively discuss treatment plans to improve the quality of medical services, identify risk factors, and make efforts to intervene early if necessary.