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A Study on the Occurrences and Policy Development for Accident Prevention (한국의 사고발생 실태와 사고예방을 위한 정책 연구)

  • 이경자;이정렬;강규숙;한정석
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.362-371
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    • 1995
  • There is no national system to manage, evaluate, and analyse the information about accidents, even though it is necessary for accident prevention policies and health promotion of the general public. The existing studies are, also limited as they focus only on particular group(for example : inpatients, emergency room patients) or on particular geographic areas. Thus the results of the studies cannot be ap-plied to the general public. In order to overcome these limitations, this research focuses on data collection and analysis from accident information for the general population. By providing the analysis on types and causes af accidents, this research aims to produce the basic data necessary for accident prevention policy development. The specific aims of this research are to : 1. Analyse the actual occurrences and characteristics of accidents. 2. Suggest for the accident prevention policies and safety education. Accident report form three major newspaper printed in Korea between January 1, 1989 and December 31, 1993 were collected, and the cause, place, time, and personal injury related to the accidents were classified and then analyzed by de-scriptive statistics. The results of this research conclude : 1. The number of accidents reported by the three newspapers were 2155. 2. The highest proportion of accidents were as follows ; occurred during the June-August(31.2%), Sunday(24.8%), and 5 p.m. (7.6%) of the day. 3. The highest proportion of the accident occurred in Seoul(33. l%), Kyunggi province(14.5%), Kangwon province (7.8%), and Kyungnam prov-ince(6.7%) were next highest. 4. The main causes include car accidents(32.4%), drowning(10.9%), falls(8.8%), explosion(7.1%), and poisoning(5.8%). 5. Slightly more than half of injuries(50.5%) and about two fifths of deaths(40.3%) were caused by car accidents. Therefore, the most serious type of accidents were car accidents. 6. The number of males in accidents were almost three times higher than that of females(males 72.3%, females : 27.7%). 7. The age group from 10 to 19 years old represents the highest proportion(21%) of accidents. 8. The number of the accidents in Korea, based on the information collected from the newspapers, is estimated to be 14, 367 per year. The number of in-juries is estimated to be 88, 480 persons, and the number of deaths 29, 007 respectively. It is said that ninety percent of accidents can be prevented. Several accidents prevention policies are suggested here. 1. Safety education should be done more actively throughtout life, with special emphasis on safety education for children. 2. Safety measures for children(halmets for cycling, children car seats, seats belts, and so on) should be emphasized. 3. An injury surveillance system should be initiated. The initiation of injury reporting system in each factory and school could contribute considerably to the reduction of accidents.

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Inpatient Dental Consultations to Pediatric Dentistry in the Yonsei University Severance Hospital (연세대학교 세브란스 병원 내 입원한 환자의 소아치과 의뢰 현황)

  • Joo, Kihoon;Lee, Jaeho;Song, Jeseon;Lee, Hyoseol
    • Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.145-151
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    • 2014
  • The goal of this study was to describe dental consultation of pediatric inpatients to the department of pediatric dentistry at Yonsei University Severance Hospital. 391 dental consultations at Yonsei University Severance Hospital referred to pediatric dentistry in the year 2012 were included in this study. Consultations were categorized according to patients' gender, age, chief complaint, referred department and diagnosis. 288 patients (166 males and 122 females) with an average age of 5.9 were referred to the Department of Pediatric Dentistry. 129 cases (33.1%) from Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 80 cases (20.5%) from Pediatric Hematology- Oncology, 51 cases (13.0%) from Pediatric Cardiology, and 44 cases (11.3%) from Pediatric Neurology. Chief complaints were ranked from oral examination (39.7%), dental caries (14.0%), pre-operative evaluation (12.8%) and others (33.5%); including oral pain, trauma, tooth mobility, orthodontic treatment, self-injury, fabrication of obturator and etc. Dental consultations should be encouraged as dental care and treatment could affect the control of systemic diseases of admitted patients. Pediatric inpatients have been referred to pediatric dentistry for not only comprehensive oral exam but also various chief complaints. The most frequent dental diagnosis made and treatment performed were dental caries and non-invasive/preventive care respectively.

The Retrospective Analysis of Traffic Accident Inpatients in Korean and Western Medicine Hospital (교통사고로 입원한 한방병원과 양방병원의 환자에 대한 후향적 분석)

  • Kim, Young-Jun;Kim, Tae-Ryeong;Woo, Chang-Hoon;Park, Jae-Hong
    • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.97-105
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    • 2016
  • Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate traffic accident patients who were admitted to Korean and Western medicine hospital. Methods According to the medicine record from Dong-eui university, 908 traffic accident patients who were admitted to Korean medicine hospital and Western medicine hospital from 1st January 2011 to 31th July 2016 were analyzed. We classified the patients' sex, age, classification of diseases, hospitalization. Results 1. According to age and sex, the rate of male was 35.4%, and that of female was 64.6% in Korean medicine hospital. However, the rate of male was 46.6%, and that of female was 53.4% in Western medicine hospital. 2. According to admission procedures, the most patients (93.3%) went through out-patient department in Korean medicine hospital and 53.5% of patients went through emergency room in Western medicine hospital. 3. According to principal diagnosis, 'sprain and strain of neck level' was 65.4 percentage Korean medicine hospital and 'intracranial injury' was 63.2 percentage in Western medicine hospital. 4. There was no statistical significant in hospitalization periods between male and female in Korean medicine hospital. However, hospitalization periods of female were longer than that of male in Western medicine hospital. 5. There was no correlation between age and hospitalization period in both Korean and Western medicine hospital. 6. Average hospitalization period of Korean medicine hospital patients were shorter than that of Western medicine hospital patients. 7. According to automobile insurance review organization, hospitalization periods were not significantly different in both Korean and Western medicine hospital. Conclusions It is concluded that there is difference of characteristics between inpatients who were admitted to Korean and Western medicine hospital due to traffic accident.

Study on the Market Segmentation of inpatients (입원환자 시장세분화에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Eun-Whan
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.21-33
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    • 2012
  • Purpose : This study aims to suggest application of patients DB to hospital marketing by performing market segmentation and selecting target market. Consequently help to establish suited strategy of marketing. Method : 14,072 patients hospitalized in a University Medical Center were recruited into this study. In order to classify the customer groups, cluster analysis was used with RFM(Recency, Frequency, Monetary) model, and 1-way ANOVA verified the differences among groups. And then, sociodemographical status, healthcare utilization and diagnosis(ICD-10) of each group were compared to draw a marketing strategy. Results : Four groups were classified through clustering analysis, and'high use and high profit' and'low use and high profit' groups were selected as a target market. The features of target market were as follows, the female proportion was high; used a private room; hospitalized through the emergency room; had operation; length of stay was long; had many comorbidity and cooperative treatment. There was difference in each feature of target market: as for the'high use and high profit' group, many patients were diagnosed with 'certain infectious and parasitic diseases'; and as for the'low use and high profit'group, the proportion of patients who purchased'industrial accident compensation insurance'and'auto insurance'was relatively high; many patients were diagnosed with'Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes'. Conclusion : It is needed to establish'positioning' strategy by monitoring and communicating with'high use and high profit' group. And for the case of'low use and high profit' group, it is necessary to make a follow-up management and lead them to have a medical check-up.

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The Clinical Study on 500 Cases with Traffic Accident Patients Admitted in Oriental Medical Hospital (한방병원에 입원한 교통사고 환자 500례에 대한 임상적 고찰)

  • Kim, Eun-Geol;Lee, Dong-Gun;Jeong, Won-Je;Cho, Hyun-Seok;Bae, Jae-Ik;Kim, Seung-Hyeon;Kim, Kyung-Ho
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.29-38
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    • 2009
  • Objectives : The main purpose of this study is to find out the characteristic of patients admitted in the Oriental Medical Hospital due to traffic accident. Methods : 500 inpatients of traffic accident from Jan 1, 2005 to May 31, 2009 were analyzed according to medical charts. Results : The numbers of traffic accident patient in Oriental Medical Hospital in 2008 were bigger than in 2005. Most of patients were cared by western medicine right after accidents and several days later they started searching for oriental medical treatments. Most of the symptoms were not so severe at the beginning of the treatment. The method of the treatment were restricted by automobile insurance limitation in the field of oriental medicine. Conclusions : This study suggested that Oriental medical treatments are effective in traffic accident patients without surgical injury. Further studies are needed for progress report that after traffic accident patients are discharged from the Oriental Medical Hospital.

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Effect of Oriental Medicine Treatment on Inpatient with Thoracolumbar Compression Fracture (흉요추 압박골절로 입원한 환자에 대한 한의학적 치료 효과)

  • Jung, Ki-Hoon;Cha, Jung-Ho;Hwang, Hee-Sang;Jeon, Jae-Cheon;Lee, Tae-Ho;Lee, Eun-Yong;Roh, Jeong-Du
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.81-90
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    • 2009
  • Objectives : This Study was to investigate the tendency of inpatient with Thoracolumbar Compression Fracture. Also we investigated effectiveness of Pharmacopuncture and Warming Acupuncture on Thoracolumbar Compression Fracture. Methods : We investigated 48 cases of patients with thoracolumbar compression fracture. We distributed inpatint with age, sex, number of injured vertebra, level of injured vertebra, admission duration, grade of clinical symptom, result of treatment and applied treatments. And we calculated statistically signification with this data. Results : 1. Female is prominent in distribution of sex, the average age bracket is 70's, and the largest group was accidental fall in the distribution of causes. 2. In regard to level of injury, T12 was found to be most prominent, followed in turn by L2, L1, T12. In regard to grade of clinical symptoms, Grade III was most Prominent, followed in turn by Grade IV, Grade II. In regard to grade of result of treatment, Good was most prominent. 3. There was not statistically significantly correlation about admission duration and result of treatment with number of injured vertebra, grade of clinical symptom, applied treatments. Conclusions : Most inpatients with thoracolumbar compression fracture was cured by oriental medicine treatment.

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A study on analysis of factors on in-hospital mortality for community-acquired pneumonia (지역사회획득 폐렴 환자의 퇴원시 사망 요인 분석)

  • Kim, Yoo-Mi
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.389-400
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    • 2011
  • This study was carried out to analysis factors related to in-hospital mortality of community-acquired peumonia using administrative database. The subjects were 5,353 community-acquired pneumonia inpatients of the Korean National Hospital Discharge Injury Survey 2004-2006 data. The data were analyzed using chi-squared test and decision tree model in the data mining technique. Among the decision tree model, C4.5 had the best performance. The critical factors on in-hospital mortality of communityacquired pneumonia are admission route, respiratory failure, congenital heart failure including age, comorbidity, and bed size. This study was carried out using the administrative database including patients' characteristics and comorbidity. However further study should be extensively including hospital characteristics, regional medical resources, and patient management practice behavior.

Development of Severity-Adjustment Model for Length of Stay in Hospital for Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (관상동맥중재술 환자의 재원일수 중증도 보정 모형 개발)

  • Nam, Mun-Hee;Kang, Sung-Hong;Lim, Ji-Hye
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.11 no.9
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    • pp.372-383
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    • 2011
  • Our study was carried out to develop the severity-adjustment model for length of stay in hospital for percutaneous coronary interventions so that we would analysis the factors on the variation in length of stay(LOS). The subjects were 1,011 percutaneous coronary interventions inpatients of the Korean National Hospital Discharge In-depth Injury Survey 2004-2006 data. The data were analyzed using t-test and ANOVA and the severity-adjustment model was developed using data mining technique. After yielding the standardized value of the difference between crude and expected length of stay, we analysed the variation of length of stay for percutaneous coronary interventions. There was variation of LOS in regional differences, size of sickbed and insurance type. The variation of length of stay controlling the case mix or severity of illness can be explained the factors of provider. This supply factors in LOS variations should be more studied for individual practice style or patient management practices and healthcare resources or environment. We expect that the severity-adjustment model using administrative databases should be more adapted in other diseases in practical.

Effects of Purposeful Activities Combined with Music on Upper Extremity Function, Therapeutic Motivation, and Mood in Acute Stroke Patients (음악을 병행한 목적있는 활동이 급성기 뇌졸중 환자의 상지기능, 치료동기와 기분에 미치는 효과)

  • Moon, Jong-Hoon;Kim, Kye-Ho;Lee, Soon-Hyun;Won, Young-Sik
    • PNF and Movement
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.267-279
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: The aim of the investigation was to identify the effects of purposeful activities combined with music on upper extremity function, motivation, and mood in acute stroke patients. Methods: For the study, 19 acute stroke inpatients were recruited at a general hospital in Korea. The patients were allocated between an experimental group (n=9) and a control group (n=10). The experimental group performed purposeful activities with their preferred music, and the control group carried out purposeful activities without music. The 2 groups received the treatments 30 min per day, 5 days per week, for 4 weeks. Measurements were taken before and after intervention, including a manual function test (MFT) for measuring upper extremity function, a volitional questionnaire (VQ) for assessing motivation, and the Beck depression inventory (BDI) and Beck anxiety inventory (BAI) for assessing mood. Results: In post-treatment measurement, both groups showed greater MFT, VQ, and BDI scores than in pre-treatment. Significantly greater VQ and BDI changes were represented in the experimental group as compared to the control group. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, purposeful activities combined with music have a positive effect on motivation and depression in acute stroke patients.

Anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty with a nonspherical humeral head and inlay glenoid: 90-day complication profile in the inpatient versus outpatient setting

  • Andrew D. Posner;Michael C. Kuna;Jeremy D. Carroll;Eric M. Perloff;Matthew J. Anderson;Ian D. Hutchinson;Joseph P. Zimmerman
    • Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.380-389
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    • 2023
  • Background: Total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) with a nonspherical humeral head component and inlay glenoid is a successful bone-preserving treatment for glenohumeral arthritis. This study aimed to describe the 90-day complication profile of TSA with this prosthesis and compare major and minor complication and readmission rates between inpatient- and outpatient-procedure patients. Methods: A retrospective review was performed of a consecutive cohort of patients undergoing TSA with a nonspherical humeral head and inlay glenoid in the inpatient and outpatient settings by a single surgeon between 2017 and 2022. Age, sex, body mass index, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), and 90-day complication and readmission rates were compared between inpatient and outpatient groups. Results: One hundred eighteen TSAs in 111 patients were identified. Mean age was 64.9 years (range, 39-90) and 65% of patients were male. Ninety-four (80%) and 24 (20%) patients underwent outpatient and inpatient procedures, respectively. Four complications (3.4%) were recorded: axillary nerve stretch injury, isolated ipsilateral arm deep venous thrombosis (DVT), ipsilateral arm DVT with pulmonary embolism requiring readmission, and gastrointestinal bleed requiring readmission. There were no reoperations or other complications. Outpatients were younger with lower ASA and CCI scores than inpatients; however, there was no difference in complications (1/24 vs. 3/94, P=1.00) or readmissions (1/24 vs. 1/94, P=0.37) between these two groups. Conclusions: TSA with a nonspherical humeral head and inlay glenoid can be performed safely in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Rates of early complications and readmissions were low with no difference according to surgical setting. Level of evidence: IV.