• 보건행정학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.527-540
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• 2011

Some patients tend to visit tertiary hospitals instead of non-tertiary hospitals for minor illnesses, which is a chronic problem within the Korean health care delivery system. In order to reduce the number of patients with minor severity diseases unnecessarily utilizing the tertiary medical services in Korea, the Ministry of Health and Welfare raised the outpatient co-insurance rate for the tertiary hospitals in July, 2009. Another increase in the prescription drug co-insurance rate by the general and tertiary hospitals is scheduled to take place in the second half of 2011. An increase in copayments may discourage the utilization rate of medical services among the underprivileged or patients who require complicated procedures. This study aims to analyze the diabetic patients' utilization rates of tertiary hospitals according to the Comorbidity score. Diabetic patients' data was gathered from the Health Insurance Claims Records in the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service between 2007-2009. Comorbidity scores are measured by the Charlson Comorbidity Index and the Elixhauser Index. Chi-square and logistic regressions were performed to compare the utilization rates of both insulin-dependents (n=94,026) and non-insulin-dependents (n=1,424,736) in tertiary hospitals. The higher Comorbidity outcomes in the insulin-dependent diabetic patients who didn't visit tertiary hospitals compared to those who did, was expected. However, after adjusting the gender, age, location, first visits and complications, the groups that scored >=1 on the comorbidity scale utilized the tertiary hospitals more than the O score group. Non-insulin-diabetic patients with higher Comorbidity scores visited tertiary hospitals more than patients who received lower grades. This study found that patients suffering from severe diabetes tend to frequently visit the tertiary hospitals in Korea. This result implied that it is important for Korea to improve the quality of its primary health care as well as to consider a co-insurance rate increase.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.309-332
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 국민건강보험 지역가입자의 부담능력별로 수직적 형평성을 측정하고, 각 부담능력 및 인구학적 특성이 보험료의 변화와 인과관계를 보이는지 종단 분석하는 것이다. 분석대상은 한국복지패널 6차(2011년)-10차(2015년) 조사에 모두 참여한 지역가입자 가구주이다. 분석방법으로는 카크와니(Kakwani) 누적지수 산출 및 패널회귀분석을 적용하였다. 연구결과는 첫째, 2011년-2015년까지 카크와니 지수는 종합소득에 대한 보험료 부과가 역진적임을 나타내고 있다. 둘째, 패널회귀분석 결과 종합소득이 적은 가구일수록 보험료 부담이 통계상 유의미한 부(-)의 영향력을 보여 역진적임을 보였다. 이를 통해 국민건강보험 지역가입자의 보험료 부과체계 개편에 대한 정책적 함의를 제시하였다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.3-10
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• 2015

Background: Previous studies showed differences in healthcare utilization among insurance types. This study aimed to analyze the difference in healthcare utilization for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty inpatients by insurance types after controlling factors affecting healthcare utilization using propensity score matching (PSM). Methods: The 2011 national inpatient sample based on health insurance claims data was used for analysis. PSM was used to control factors influencing healthcare utilization except insurance types. Length of stay and total charges were used as healthcare utilization variables. Patients were divided into National Health Insurance (NHI) and Medical Aid (MA) patients. Factors representing inpatients (gender, age, admission sources, and Elixhauser comorbidity index) and hospitals (number of doctors, number of beds, and location of hospitals) were used as covariates in PSM. Results: Tertiary hospitals didn't show significant difference in length of stay and total charges after PSM between two insurance types. However, MA patients showed significantly longer length of stay than that of NHI patients after PSM in general hospitals. Multivariate regression analysis provided that admission sources, Elixhauser comorbidity index, insurance types, number of doctors, and location of hospitals (province) had significant influences on the length of stay in general hospitals. Conclusion: Study results provided evidences that healthcare utilization was differed by insurance types in general hospitals. Health policy makers will need to prepare interventions to influence the healthcare utilization differences between insurance types.

• 보험의학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.180-188
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• 1988

A study on the standard cardiothoracic ratio calculated from the photofluorography film of chest in a total of 8,030 insured persons(3,449 men and 4,581 women) was undertaken. The results were as follows: 1) The linear regression equations were formed from the 99% confidence ilmits of actually measured average cardiothoracic ratio by weight index. The cardiothoracic ratios by weight index estimated by above mentioned equations, namely theoretic values of cardiothoracic ratio, should be regarded as the standard cardiothoracic ratios. 2) It seems that the standard cardiothoracic ratio${\pm}10%$ deviation should be regarded as the normal limits of cardiothoracic ratio. 3) The tables of standard cardiothoracic ratio by weight index and the normal limits of cardiothoracic ratio by weight index were presented. 4) The average weight index and cardiothoracic ratio in all males and females were 0.993 and 43.3%, and 0.997 and 46.3% respectively. 5) In order to evaluate the cardiothoracic ratio more accurately, the establishment of the standard cardiothoracic ratio by build is considered to be reasonable.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.343-351
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• 2016

Background: This study aims to analyze the effects of insurance types on the medical service uses for heart failure inpatients using propensity score matching (PSM). Methods: 2014 National inpatient sample based on health insurance claims data was used in the analysis. PSM was applied to control factors influencing the service uses except insurance types. Negative binomial regression was used after PSM to analyze factors that had influences on the service uses among inpatients. Subjects were divided by health insurance type, national health insurance (NHI) and medical aid (MA). Total charges and length of stay were used to represent the medical service uses. Covariance variables in PSM consist of sociodemographic characteristics (gender, age, Elixhauser comorbidity index) and hospital characteristics (hospital types, number of beds, location, number of doctors per 50 beds). These variables were also used as independent variables in negative binomial regression. Results: After the PSM, length of stay showed statistically significant difference on medical uses between insurance types. Negative binomial regression provided that insurance types, Elixhauser comorbidity index, and number of doctors per 50 beds were significant on the length of stay. Conclusion: This study provided that the service uses, especially length of stay, were differed by insurance types. Health policy makers will be required to prepare interventions to narrow the gap of the service uses between NHI and MA.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.267-273
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• 2009

Objectives : To compare the performance of three comorbidity measurements (Charlson comorbidity index, Elixhauser s comorbidity and comorbidity selection) with the effect of different comorbidity lookback periods when predicting in-hospital mortality for patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. Methods : This was a retrospective study on patients aged 40 years and older who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. To distinguish comorbidity from complications, the records of diagnosis were drawn from the National Health Insurance Database excluding diagnosis that admitted to the hospital. C-statistic values were used as measures for in comparing the predictability of comorbidity measures with lookback period, and a bootstrapping procedure with 1,000 replications was done to determine approximate 95% confidence interval. Results : Of the 61,815 patients included in this study, the mean age was 63.3 years (standard deviation: ${\pm}$10.2) and 64.8% of the population was male. Among them, 1,598 2.6%) had died in hospital. While the predictive ability of the Elixhauser's comorbidity and comorbidity selection was better than that of the Charlson comorbidity index, there was no significant difference among the three comorbidity measurements. Although the prevalence of comorbidity increased in 3 years of lookback periods, there was no significant improvement compared to 1 year of a lookback period. Conclusions : In a health outcome study for patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention using National Health Insurance Database, the Charlson comorbidity index was easy to apply without significant difference in predictability compared to the other methods. The one year of observation period was adequate to adjust the comorbidity. Further work to select adequate comorbidity measurements and lookback periods on other diseases and procedures are needed.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.328-336
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop the optimal nursing fee for nurse-midwifery center (MC) in the national health insurance system. Methods: The three methodologies used to calculate the conversion factors for the MCs in the national health insurance include cost accounting method, sustainable growth rate (SGR) model, and index model. In this study, the macro-economic indicators and the national statistics were used to estimate the conversion factors for the MCs. Results: The optimal nursing fee for the MCs in 2011 was estimated to be an increase of 57.7% by cost accounting analysis, a decrease of 17.1% by SGR model, and a decrease of 16.1% by index model. The results from SGR model and index model could had been biased due to the upswing of medical spendings in the short-term period (2008~2009). A sensitivity analysis of pre-delivery subsidy program for OB & GYN hospitals and clinics showed that the program has substantially diminished the demand for the MC services. Conclusion: More reliable methodologies to estimate nursing fees precisely are required to prove the value of nurses' services and a government subsidy program for the MC services should be followed from a social perspective.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2017

Objectives: The accurate measurement of geographic patterns of health care utilization is a prerequisite for the study of geographic variations in health care utilization. While several measures have been developed to measure how accurately geographic units reflect the health care utilization patterns of residents, they have been only applied to hospitalization and need further evaluation. This study aimed to evaluate geographic indices describing health care utilization. Methods: We measured the utilization rate and four health care utilization indices (localization index, outflow index, inflow index, and net patient flow) for eight major procedures (coronary artery bypass graft surgery, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, surgery after hip fracture, knee replacement surgery, caesarean sections, hysterectomy, computed tomography scans, and magnetic resonance imaging scans) according to three levels of geographic units in Korea. Data were obtained from the National Health Insurance database in Korea. We evaluated the associations among the health care utilization indices and the utilization rates. Results: In higher-level geographic units, the localization index tended to be high, while the inflow index and outflow index were lower. The indices showed different patterns depending on the procedure. A strong negative correlation between the localization index and the outflow index was observed for all procedures. Net patient flow showed a moderate positive correlation with the localization index and the inflow index. Conclusions: Health care utilization indices can be used as a proxy to describe the utilization pattern of a procedure in a geographic unit.

• 대한한방부인과학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.150-159
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• 2020

Objectives: This case report describes the management of three patients with menopausal disorder treated with Jaeumganghwa-tang, an herbal extract in national health insurance. Methods: Three patients suffering from Menopause disorder were hospitalized and treated with herbal extract Jaeumganghwa-tang for 4 weeks. This study was measured by Kupperman's Index, Menopause Rating Scale and EuroQol-Five Dimensions. Results: The symptoms of menopausal disorder have improved after treating with Jaeumganghwa-tang. Also the Kupperman's Index and Menopause Rating Scale have decreased, while the EuroQol-Five Dimensions has increased. Conclusions: As seen in these three cases, Jaeumganghwa-tang in herbal extract form has effects on the management of menopause disorder.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.1304-1316
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• 2009

본 연구는 효율성에 기초한 환산지수의 도입 가능성을 알아보기 위한 기초 연구로 시도되었다. DEA 효율성지표와 환산지수가 전공의 수련교육을 실시하고 있는 60 개 병원을 그룹화하는데 얼마나 유용하게 사용될 수 있는가를 고찰하였다. 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위해 자료수집이 가능한 표본병원의 환산지수와 AHP 개념을 도입해 DEA 모형의 투입변수와 산출변수를 선정하였다. 그 결과 병상규모가 클수록 규모적 비효율성이 큰 것으로 나타났으며 기술적으로 또는 규모적으로 비효율적인 병원일수록 환산지수가 더 큰 것으로 나타났다. 환산지수와 효율성지표는 수련병원을 병원의 종별에 따라 종합전문병원과 종합병원으로 구분하는데 유용하게 사용될 수 있었다. 또한 DEA 효율성을 구하는 과정에서 독립변수로 사용된 투입 산출변수를 판별함수에 도입하였음에도 불구하고 환산지수와 효율성지표는 판별함수를 구성하는 주요 변수로 작용함을 확인하였다. 따라서 만약 모집단을 대표할 수 있는 많은 표본을 기초로 보다 명확한 결과를 얻을 수 있다면 건강보험의 수가계약제 하에서 효율성 개념을 바탕으로 한 환산지수계약의 도입을 신중하게 고려해 볼 수 있다.