• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.23-42
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to identify the inpatient service quality at mental hospitals and to examine the effect of service quality on patient's overall satisfaction and customer loyalty. Data collection was done through conducting a survey of inpatients in three mental hospitals located in Chungnam, Korea using self administered questionnaire. The questionnaire included the modified version of 'service satisfaction scale for psychiatric patients' invented by Chul Kwon Kim and other members, which consists of five dimension of service quality: staff attitude, treatment quality, ward environment, access/cost and ward rule. Total 236 questionnaires were gathered and 219 were used for analysis. The data was analyzed by using version SAS9.2 and path analysis model was applied to test our hypothesis. As a result, the four factors of service (staff attitude, treatment quality, ward environment and ward rule) were extracted, which counted for 62.89% of the common variance. Moreover, Cronbach Alpha showed relatively high internal consistency of answer, all exceeding 0.6. According to the study, ward environment and treatment quality turned out to have direct influence on the patient's satisfaction. In addition, staff attitude and overall satisfaction directly influenced the customer loyalty while ward environment and ward rule indirectly had influence using overall satisfaction as a medium. In conclusion, in order to enhance the satisfaction and customer loyalty in mental hospitals, efforts in improving environmental service quality in particular is highly demanded.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.30-38
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• 2017

Background: This study aims to analyze the behavioral changes of healthcare providers and influencing factors after the reviewer unification of auto insurance medical benefit claims by an independent review agency. Methods: The comparison data were collected from the second half of 2013 and the same period of 2014. The key indicators are the number of admission days, the number of outpatient visits, inpatient ratio, inpatient medical expenses, and outpatient medical expenses. Results: Four indicators (number of admission days, number of outpatient visits, inpatient ratio, and outpatient medical expenses) showed statistically significant drops, while one indicator (inpatient medical expenses) showed no significant change. Conclusion: The reviewer unification of auto insurance medical benefit claims by an independent review agency showed significant reduction in cost and patient days.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.21-42
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• 2008

This study investigates economies of scale, cost complementarity and economies of scope for healthcare organizations using econometric approaches. The economies of scale appear to exist in each service provided by a hospital such as inpatient treatment services, outpatient treatment services, and other patient treatment services, respectively. When we test all services in aggregate level, it also indicates that the healthcare industry on average exhibits the economies of scale of 6 percent, which implies that scaling up hospital sizes will bring substantial cost savings to them Evidence shows that cost complementarity exists between outpatient services and other services for patients and, i.e., these other services for patients experience the reduction in marginal costs as the outputs of the outpatient services increase. For the economies of scope, they are present in most service areas; aggregate level services, outpatient services, and other services for patients, respectively. Inpatient treatment services, however, do not show any evidence of the economies of scope. Results show that the economies of scope are achieved by the general hospital type that provides all service areas such as inpatient treatments, outpatient treatments, and other services for patients. The existence of the economies of scope provides the rationale for extending the existing line of business in a hospital into more diverse areas of services where its benefit comes in the form of cost savings. In sum, it overall provides evidence that the M&As in this industry are encouraged to achieve cost reductions from the economies of scale and scope by changing the size and the output mix.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.442-456
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• 1993

Financial stability is the foremost prerequisite for the continuous growth and development of hospitals. The present study aimed at developing a deterministic model using the factors which affect the hospitals profitability and at discovering which factor affected the hospital profitability. The study conducted questionnaire surveys on all general hospitals, with the exception of special hospitals, with over eighty hospital beds. Of the 274 subject hospitals, 136 of them, consituting 49.6% of the whole, were used in the study. The results are as follows. 1. In the deterministic model, outpatient revenue was affected more by the number of physician visits than by outpatient service intensity. Inpatient revenue was found to be affected more by the number of discharged patients than by inpatient service intensity. However, the increase rate of the service intensity not only contributed in stepping up the operating margin by $4{\sim}8%$ in outpatient and $3{\sim}6%$ in inpatient, but it was statistically significant. 2. Among the factors which determined the operating cost within the deterministic model, the number of patients had a greater impact on the operating cost than the resource consumption per patient. 3. The resource consumption per patient were proved to have the greatest effect on the profitability within the probabilistic model. The management cost per adjusted patient, in particular, was proven to have a statistically significant effect on the profitability in all hospitals.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.672-680
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• 2020

본 연구는 의료기관 이용자의 특성과 입원 특성에 따른 간호사 서비스 경험의 차이를 확인하고 간호사 서비스 경험과 보건의료 제도 인식과의 관계를 설명하는 것을 목적으로 수행되었다. '의료서비스 경험조사'데이터를 분석에 활용하였고, 입원 경험이 있는 574명의 응답자가 분석에 포함되었다. 연구 결과에서는 입원 전 다른 의료기관을 이용한 경험이 없는 자 중 10일 이상 입원하였던 대상자의 간호사 서비스 경험 평균이 1~3일, 4~9일 입원한 자의 평균보다 높았다. 반면, 입원 전 다른 의료기관을 이용한 경험이 있는 대상자는 그렇지 않은 대상자에 비해 간호사 서비스 경험 평균이 낮았다. 입원실의 변경에 따른 구분에서는 다인실에서 변경이 없었던 대상자에게서만 입원일수에 따른 간호사 서비스 경험의 차이가 유의하였다. 또한 간호사 서비스 경험 평균이 높을수록 입원에 만족하는 군, 보건의료 제도에 대해 만족, 신뢰하는 군에 속할 확률이 높았다. 이러한 결과는 입원 경험을 구분하여 간호사 서비스 경험을 해석하여야 하며 간호사 서비스 경험 향상을 위한 대책 마련이 필요하다는 것을 의미한다. 또한 간호사 서비스 경험의 영향요인을 밝힐 수 있도록 해당 조사에 간호사 배치수준과 같은 의료기관 특성 관련 사항을 포함하여야 할 것이다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.943-951
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• 2005

The purposes of this study were to analyze the gap between foodservice personnel and inpatients, to urge foodservice providers to reconsider by identifying the problems in service delivery for customer satisfaction, and to deduce the priority for foodservice quality improvement. The results of this study can be summarized as follows : the average perception score of personnel (4.32 out of 5) was higher than that of customers (3.90). In particular, the customers' perceptions of 17 attributes, which included 'removal service of tray by foodservice personnel', 'nutrition and health-related information service', 'handling inpatient's complaint ASAP', 'delicious meals' and 'salty enough meals' and so on, was significantly lower than personnel's. Both service providers and customers perceived that 'personnel attitude' was the highest and 'meal quality' was the lowest among the 4 factors, but there was significant difference on 'meal quality'(p < .001), 'customer reception' (p < .001) and 'personnel attitude' (p < .05) between the two groups. As a results of quadrant analysis, 'removal service of tray by foodservice personnel', 'handling inpatient's complaints ASAP' and 'meal service according to doctor's orders were categorized into Quadrant A with meaning of high personnel's perceptions and low customers'. Therefore service providers have to perceive the gap between the two viewpoints and grant priority to these attributes in improving foodservice qualify. (Korean J Community Nutrition 10(6) $943\∼951$, 2005)

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.22-38
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• 2022

최근 코로나 19 장기화로 인한 발달장애 시설 임시 폐쇄와 격리 등으로 수요자가 겪는 고통이 심해지고 있으며, 입원 서비스에 대한 정보도 미흡한 상황으로 뚜렷한 해결책이 보이지 않고 있다. 따라서 수요자를 위한 제도적, 심리적 문제를 예방할 수 있는 서비스 체계가 필요하다. 본 연구의 목적은 발달장애 자녀와 보호자를 위해 체계적인 입원 치료 가이드 및 퇴원 후 관리와 올바른 교육을 제공하고자 한다. 국내 서비스 사례분석을 통해 수요자들의 요구와 개선 요소를 도출한 뒤, 더블 다이아몬드 방법론을 활용하여 실수요자들과 함께 Co-creation을 진행하였으며, 입원 전부터 퇴원 후까지 알기 쉬운 치료 여정과 올바른 정보와 소통을 할 수 있는 서비스 콘셉트를 도출하였다. 이에 따른 협업 공유 애플리케이션 서비스를 제안하였으며, 다양한 이해관계자들의 사용성 평가 및 검증을 통하여 서비스의 유용성을 확인하였다. 본 연구 결과가 사용자경험 중심의 발달장애 병동 보조 시스템 개발에 활용되기를 기대한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.7463-7473
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• 2015

본 연구는 장기요양 1등급 건강보험가입자를 대상으로 장기요양서비스 이용자와 미이용자의 의료비 지출 차이를 비교하고, 의료비 지출에 미치는 영향 요인을 규명해 보고자 시도하였다. 연구 대상은 건강보험가입자로 2009년 1월 1일부터 12월 31일까지 1등급 판정을 받은 21,213명 전수를 대상으로 국민건강보험공단의 장기요양급여, 건강보험급여 자료를 활용하였다. 연구결과 2007년부터 2009년의 연간 총 진료비 변화량의 경우 서비스 이용자에 비해 미이용자는 5,337천원 증가하였으며, 연간 요양병원 진료비 변화량은 5,449천원 증가하였다. 연간 총 입원일 변화량의 경우 서비스 이용자에 비해 미이용자는 87.31일 증가하였으며, 요양병원 입원일 변화량은 79.47일 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 이 같은 결과는 장기요양 서비스 미이용자의 의료이용, 특히 요양병원의 의료이용이 높게 나타남에 따라 미이용자에 대한 적정의료와 요양서비스 지원 정책을 통해 장기요양과 의료서비스의 효율적 연계가 필요로 된다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.497-521
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• 2012

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the effect of social capital, health risk behavior and health status on medical care utilization by the elderly. The data and Research method Data were obtained from the 4th wave survey of the Korea Welfare Panel Study. 4,087 household members aged 65 years and over were subject to analysis. Descriptive statistics are used to describe the basic features of the data in a study. we performed a structural equation modeling(SEM) analysis to evaluate the effect of social capital and mediating effect of health risk behavior and health status. Results Results showed that factors related to medical care utilization of the elderly were different depending on types of service (inpatient and outpatient service) except health status. Age, higher social capital, more health-risk behavior and poorer health status were associated with increased use of inpatient service. Social capital was found to have a positive direct effect on it. Also, social capital had an indirect effect on reducing use of inpatient services by improving health status. On the other hand, lower age and higher household income tended to increase use of outpatient service, while higher social capital and higher health status were inversely related. Social capital had a direct effect and an indirect effect on reducing use of outpatient service and, at that time, health status played a mediating role. Conclusions Social capital may contribute to improve health status and indirectly reduce medical care utilization of the elderly by enhancing their health status. These results provide evidence that more policy and strategy considerations should be needed for the elderly to strengthen their social capital in order to enhance their levels of health and more efficient utilization of medical care.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.154-163
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• 2022

Background: The costliness index (CI) is an index that is used in various ways to improve the quality of medical care and the management of appropriate treatment in medical institutions. However, the current calculation method for CI has a limitation in reflecting the actual medical cost of the patient unit because the outpatient and inpatient costs are evaluated separately. It is desirable to calculate the CI by integrating the medical cost into the episode unit. Methods: We developed an episode-based CI method using the episode classification system of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the National Inpatient Sample data in Korea, which can integrate the admission and ambulatory care cost to episode unit. Additionally, we compared our new method with the previous method. Results: In some episodes, the correlation between previous and episode-based CI was low, and the proportion of outpatient treatment costs in total cost and readmission rates are high. As a result of regression analysis, it is possible that the level of total medical costs of the patient unit in low volume medical institute and rural area has been underestimated. Conclusion: High proportion of outpatient treatment cost in total medical cost means that some medical institutions may have provided medical services in the ambulatory care that are ancillary to inpatient treatment. In addition, a high readmission rate indicates insufficient treatment service for inpatients, which means that previous CI may not accurately reflect actual patient-based treatment costs. Therefore, an integrated patient-unit classification system which can be used as a more effective CI indicator is needed.