• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.92-105
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• 2020

이 연구에서는 실손형 민간의료보험 가입의 영향요인과 실손형 민간의료보험이 외래 및 입원 의료이용에 미치는 영향에서 성별 차이를 파악하고자 하였다. 한국의료패널의 2010년부터 2016년까지 조사 자료를 패널자료로 구성하여 로짓모형과 회귀모형으로 분석하였다. 실손형 민간의료보험의 가입에서 남성은 여성보다 가입확률이 낮았고, 여성의 경우 미충족 의료 여부, 주관적 건강상태에 따라 가입확률의 차이가 있었고, 남성의 경우 결혼상태, 거주지에 따라 차이가 있었다. 실손형 민간의료보험은 여성군에서 외래 방문 당 진료비에 영향을 미치지 않았으나 남성군에서는 외래 방문 당 진료비를 증가시키는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한, 여성군에서 실손형 민간의료보험이 입원 당 진료비를 유의하게 증가시켰으나 남성군의 입원 당 진료비에는 영향을 주지 않았다. 실손형 민간의료보험의 가입과 실손형 민간의료보험이 의료이용에 미치는 영향에서 성별 차이가 있음을 확인하였으며, 이는 실손형 민간의료보험 관련 연구와 제도 운용에서 성별 차이를 고려할 필요가 있음을 시사한다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.48-56
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• 2019

Purpose: As an interest in the elderly medical expenses increases, elderly people are increasingly purchasing indemnity private health insurance. Authors tried to investigate factors of having the indemnity private health insurance among the elderly people aged 65-75 years. Methods: We conducted panel logit regression analysis on 2,465 subjects as of 2016 using Korean Health Panel from 2010 to 2016. The dependent variable was whether to enroll in the indemnity private health insurance. The explanatory variables included socio-demographic characteristics, economic factors, health status, and health behaviors. Findings: As a result of the analysis of factors of purchasing indemnity private health insurances, it was analyzed that people with larger family, educated, pensioner, high household income or no disability were more likely to have indemnity private health insurance. Practical Implications: Considering the results of this study, the factor of purchasing indemnity private health insurance among elderly people were more likely to be their economic than demographic characteristics such as sex, age, and marital status. Policy makers should make efforts to reduce the burden on the elderly medical expense and to improve equity of medical use through institutional improvement such as raising age limit and lowering premium of indemnity private health insurance and expansion of public health insurance.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate determinants of purchasing indemnity private health insurance and its impact on the healthcare utilization among outpatients with chronic disease. Methods: The study analyzed 4,997 chronic ill patients using 2015 Korean Health Panel data. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to analyze the factors affecting the purchase of indemnity private health insurance and multiple regression analysis was conducted to analyze the effect of private health insurance on the number of outpatient visits and outpatient expenditures. Findings: The age, education level, and number of chronic diseases were significant factors affecting the purchasing of indemnity private health insurance among chronic patients. As a result of analyzing the impact of indemnity private health insurance on healthcare utilization, the number of outpatient visits for those who enrolled in the indemnity private health insurance was higher than the number of outpatient visits for those who did not. But there was no statistically significant difference in outpatient medical expenses. Practical Implications: The results of this study shows that indemnity private health insurance may cause inequality in the healthcare utilization of the socially vulnerable. It is necessary to seek ways to strengthen the health security of chronic disease patients and high-risk elderly people who need more healthcare.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.42-53
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• 2018

Purpose: this study investigates the effect of private health insurance on healthcare utilization. Methodology: For the analysis, we employed the three level nested two part model. Findings: the private health insurance adoption was associated with higher health care utilization. In particular, indemnity and fixed insurances adoption was associated with higher probability of outpatient visit, the number of outpatient visit and outpatient cost. While indemnity insurance adoption was associated with higher inpatient admission probability and inpatient days, fixed insurance adoption was associated only with higher inpatient admission probability. Practical Implications: indemnity and fixed insurance adoption were related with the adverse selection as well as moral hazard.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.51-64
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• 2017

Objectives : This study examined the effect of private health insurance on medical care utilization by subscription type. Methods : The data used were the six waves of the Korea Health Panel (2009-2014), and 16,187 persons were the subjects of the analysis. We performed a panel regression with a fixed effects model. Results : Indemnity private health insurance was positively related to the number of physician visits, number of admissions, and total length of stays. However, fixed-benefit private health insurance was not related to medical care utilization. Conclusions : The result of this study, which shows the difference by subscription type in the effect of private health insurance on medical care utilization, suggests that continuous monitoring of indemnity private health insurance is needed in the future.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.268-276
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• 2018

건강과 의료비 부담에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 실손형 민간의료보험 가입자가 증가하고 있다. 민간의료 보험과 의료 이용의 관련성 분석에서 중요한 과제인 내생성 통제에 관해 도구변수 추정법이 제안되고 있지만 적절한 도구변수 발굴의 한계로 많이 활용되지 못하고 있다. 본 연구는 실손형 민간의료보험이 가입자의 외래 및 입원 의료 이용량에 미치는 영향을 새로운 도구변수를 활용하여 분석하였다. 본 연구는 한국의료패널 2014년 조사 자료를 이용하였으며, 분석 대상자는 11,436명이다. 실손형 민간의료보험 가입 변수의 내생성을 통제하기 위하여 도구변수(개인연금 가입 여부, 동거 가구원 수)를 활용하여 회귀분석을 수행하였다. 실손형 민간의료보험 가입은 외래방문 횟수와 입원 횟수를 유의하게 증가시키는 것으로 분석되었으며, 개인연금과 동거 가구원 수는 내생성을 통제하기 위한 도구변수로서 적합한 것으로 검증되었다. 제한된 의료자원의 효율적 사용을 위해 실손형 민간의료보험이 의료 이용에 미치는 영향 및 효과에 대한 지속적인 모니터링과 평가가 필요하다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.99-110
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• 2018

최근 자녀의 건강위험에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 소아 및 청소년의 실손형 민간의료보험 가입이 급증하고 있다. 본 연구는 한국의료패널 2009-2015년 자료를 이용하여 소아 및 청소년 4,567명을 대상으로 실손형 민간의료보험 가입의 영향 요인을 분석하였다. 패널로짓을 활용한 분석 결과, 소아 및 청소년의 특성에서는 연령, 출생 순서, 거주지, 장애 여부가, 아버지의 특성에서는 실손형 의료보험 가입, 만성질환 및 장애, 어머니의 특성에서는 자녀와의 연령 차이, 실손형 의료보험 가입, 미충족의료, 가구 특성에서는 1인당 가구소득이 가입에 영향을 미치는 유의한 요인이었다. 만혼과 고령출산, 저출산으로 인한 자녀의 건강위험에 대한 불안감과 의료비 부담을 완화할 수 있도록 소아 및 청소년의 의료보장성 강화정책이 지속적으로 시행될 필요가 있다. 특히 다자녀 가구, 취약계층에 대한 정책적 배려가 필요하다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.58-69
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• 2017

Recently, with the increase in the number of private health insurance subscribers, interest in overuse of the medical service is increasing. This study analyzed the impacts of private health insurance (PHI) on medical institution selection in outpatient service utilization among persons with arthritis. In order to control patients' health status, we extracted outpatient episodes with the same disease (KCD6, M13) from Korea Health Panel. The unit of analysis was an outpatient visit with arthritis in 2014 (n=23,363). In the light of insurance coverage, we redefined three type of private health insurance (ex, indemnity, fixed benefit, and non-insured) as a test variable and two type of medical institution (ex, hospital and physician visit) as a dependent variable. We conducted a probit regression analysis to identify the impacts of PHI on medical institution selection controlling for heteroscedasticity. The results of this study showed that the insured with indemnity were more likely to choose hospital departments than clinics (marginal effect=0.0475, p=0.000). The impact of participation of fixed benefit PHI was not as clear as that of indemnity type (marginal effect=0.0162, p=0.047). In conclusion, this study confirmed that PHI, particularly indemnity type has a significant impact on the selection of medical institutions. Healthcare policy makers should consider that PHI not only affects the overall quantitative increase in healthcare utilization, but also influences the selection of medical institutions.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.57-68
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• 2014

Since the introduction of National Health Insurance(NHI) in 1977, it has grown rapidly and contributed to extend patient's access to the health care services. However, limited coverage for health care services of NHI has been ongoing challenge and private health insurance(PHI) has been rising as an alternative source of enhancing coverage and saving out-of-pocket(OOP) expenditure for patients. In this study, after controlling for socio-demographic, economic, health related variables, we identified the patients' healthcare utilization and subsequent OOP expenditure depending on their PHI enrollment and their enrollment types(fixed benefit, indemnity, fixed benefit plus indemnity). Data were collected from the 2010 Korean Health Panel. The unit of analysis was a member of household(n=13,324). Of the 13,324 cases, 70.7% of patients held PHI, in detail, fixed benefit(47.0%), indemnity(3.6%), fixed benefit plus indemnity(20.1%). Major findings showd that patients who enrolled in PHI used more outpatient services(outpatient visit, number of physician visit, number of examination) and spent more OOP expenditure than non-PHI patients. There were also differences of healthcare utilization and OOP expenditure among the types of PHI. In addition, PHI patients used more inpatient services(inpatient use, number of hospitalization, LOS), but there was no significant difference between PHI and non-PHI patients with regard to the OOP expenditure. Thus, we could not find any distinct relationship between the types of PHI and patients' tertiary hospital use. Policy-makers should need careful political deliberation for monitoring the effect of PHI on health care utilization and subsequent expenditure not only to improve patients' coverage but also to save their OOP expenditures.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.118-128
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• 2016

Objectives: The purposes of this study were to examine the status of children and adolescents with regard to enrollment in private medical insurance (PMI) and to investigate its influence on their utilization of medical services. Methods: The present study assessed 2973 subjects younger than 19 years of age who participated in five consecutive Korea Health Panel surveys from 2009 to 2012. Results: At the initial assessment, less than 20% of the study population had not enrolled in any PMI program, but this proportion decreased over time. Additionally, the number of subjects with more than two policies increased, the proportions of holders of indemnity-type only ('I'-only) and of fixed amount+indemnity-type ('F+I') increased, whereas the proportion of holders with fixed amount-type only ('F'-only) decreased. Compared with subjects without private insurance, PMI policyholders were more likely to use outpatient and emergency services, and the number of policies was proportionately related to inpatient service utilization. Regarding outpatient care, subjects with 'F'-only PMI used these services more often than did uninsured subjects (odds ratio [OR], 1.69), whereas subjects with 'I'-only PMI or 'F+I' PMI utilized a broad range of inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services relative to uninsured subjects (ORs for 'I'-only: 1.39, 1.63, and 1.38, respectively; ORs for 'F+I': 1.67, 2.09, and 1.37, respectively). Conclusions: The findings suggest public policy approaches to standardizing PMI contracts, reform in calculation of premiums in PMI, re-examination regarding indemnity insurance products, and mutual control mechanisms to mediate between national health insurance services and private insurers are required.