• 한국지능정보시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지능정보시스템학회 2001년도 The Pacific Aisan Confrence On Intelligent Systems 2001
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• pp.325-329
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• 2001

This paper tests existence of precautionary saving motive under health uncertainty, using household level panel data from Korea. For this purpose, this paper considers a dynamic health capital model with health uncertainty and derives testable equations for changes in consumption and medical expenditures. Under this framework, households who face future health uncertainty will exhibit precautionary behavior by depressing consumption or increasing investment in health. To test this hypothesis, the paper uses the conditional variance of health as the direct measure of health uncertainty, obtained by estimating a multinomial logit model. Empirical results using the Korean Household Panel Study (KHPS, 1993 - 1997) suggest that Korean elderly households follow the precautionary behavior to insure against future health risk.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.399-408
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• 2020

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the regional characteristics on the accessibility of emergency care and the impact of emergency medical accessibility on the patients' prognosis and the emergency medical expenditure. Methods: This study used the 13th beta version 1.6 annual data of Korea Health Panel and the statistics from the Korean Statistical Information Service. The sample included 8,119 patients who visited the emergency centers between year 2013 and 2017. The arrival time, which indicated medical access, was used as dependent variable for multi-level analysis. For ordinal logistic regression and multiple regression, the arrival time was used as independent variable while patients' prognosis and emergency medical expenditure were used as dependent variables. Results: The results for the multi-level analysis in both the individual and regional variables showed that as the number of emergency medical institutions per 100 km² area increased, the time required to reach emergency centers significantly decreased. Ordinal logistic regression and multiple regression results showed that as the arrival time increased, the patients' prognosis significantly worsened and the emergency medical expenses significantly increased. Conclusion: In conclusion, the access to emergency care was affected by regional characteristics and affected patient outcomes and emergency medical expenditure.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify relationship between work unstability and personal medical expenditure ratio focusing on wage workers' contract period. Method: This study analyzed 2015 yearly data beta version of Korea Health Panel, co-managed by Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and National Insurance Corporation for data analysis. When executing linear regression, Household income was applied with equivalized income, and the proportion of personal medical expenditure was naturally logged to perform linear regression and the demographic and socioeconomic factors were taken into account. The demographic and socio-economic factors were also considered. Findings: As a result of reviewing the used factors, it was found that the more unstable work status, the higher personal medical expenditure ratio. This result corresponds to 'The Theory of Fundamental Causes' by Link & Phelan. Conclusion : It indicates that policy efforts should be made to improve the working environment and health level of socially unstable workers.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.21-34
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• 2024

Purpose: This study aimed to observe change in factors over time in the first cohort of the 2018 Children and Adolescent Panel Middle School. In addition, this study attempted to examine the causal relationship and influence between variables by setting a time gap between independent and dependent variables. Methods: Frequency and descriptive statistical analyses were conducted to determine the general characteristics of the study participants. Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to analyze the effects of smartphone dependence on health, sleep quality, and depression. After inputting the control variables (Model 2), the influence of the variables was identified based on the input model. Results: Smartphone dependence positively impacted depression in both male and female students and negatively impacted sleep and health. Conclusion: Smartphones are closely associated with teenagers' lives. Additionally, as adolescents experience various psychological anxieties owing to rapid physical changes, there are concerns that psychological dependence may increase, considering that adolescence is the most emotionally unstable period. Therefore, the results of this study consistently prove that smartphone dependence has a causal relationship with emotion-related variables, such as emotional stress, depression, and anxiety.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.273-277
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• 2005

디지털 의료 영상의 빠른 발전은 새로운 기술-비정질 평판형 측정기-에 대한 최적의 기술이 동행되지 못했다. 이번 실험으로 비정질 평판형 측정기를 사용한 흉부 방사선 영상의 대한 환자선량과 영상의 화질에 대하여 비교하였다. 모든 실험은 비정질 평판형 측정기를 사용하였다. 흉부 팬텀을 사용한 흉부 방사선영상은 관전압 $60{\sim}150\;kVp$에서 획득하였다. 이번 실험을 통하여 획득된 비정질 평판형 측정기를 사용한 X-선 에너지에 대한 영상의 질과 환자선량에 관련된 정보들을 보고한다. 이 정보는 비정질 평판형 측정기를 사용한 시스템에서 최적의 관전압의 선정에 효과적인 정보를 제공하며, 특히 일반적인 흉부 검사에 적용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.747-760
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• 2020

본 연구는 한국의료패널을 통해 인천광역시 고령자의 보건의료이용 행태 예측요인을 확인하여 고령자의 보건의료접근성을 높이거나 보건의료이용의 효율성을 높일 수 있는 서비스 또는 제도를 개발하는데 필요한 기초자료를 마련하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 한국의료패널 중 인천광역시에 거주하는 60세 이상 대상자 총 305개의 자료를 SPSS와 AMOS를 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 개인속성과 건강수준, 건강수준과 보건의료이용행태에서 유의미한 상관이 나타났다. 또한, 구축된 연구모형의 적합도 및 효과 분석을 통해 개인속성 요인, 생활습관, 건강수준이 모두 보건의료서비스 이용에 직·간접적으로 유의미한 영향을 미치고 있음을 확인하였다. 이를 통해 인천시가 다른 지역들에 비해 보건의료서비스 수요 및 공급에서 불균형이 심한 편이므로 고령화 사회에 맞춰 인천시의 보건의료체계 정립이 필요함을 알 수 있었으며, 인천시 거주 고령자에게 제공할 보건의료서비스의 방안과 관련 정책 제도 수립 시 본 연구 결과를 기초자료로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.279-291
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• 2018

본 연구는 뇌혈관질환자의 미 충족 의료 발생의 위험요인을 실증하기 위한 연구이다. 이를 위해 2014년 한국의료패널 데이터를 활용해 SPSS/WIN24.0 프로그램으로 위계적 로지스틱 회귀분석을 적용하여 통계 분석을 실시하였다. Anderson 모형에 따라 소인 요인과 가능 요인을 보정해 필요 요인을 투입한 위계적 로지스틱 회귀분석의 최종 모델에서 미 충족 의료 발생에 영향을 미치는 설명변수로서 성별, 경제활동 여부, 소득, 와병 경험, 활동제한 여부, 주관적 건강상태, 만성질환 개수가 유의한 영향변수로 검증되었다. 이러한 연구 결과를 토대로 뇌혈관질환의 효과적인 관리와 치료에 필요한 실무적 정책적 시사점으로서 뇌혈관질환자의 미 충족 의료 발생률을 감소시키기 위한 전략적 방안을 뇌혈관질환 관리 대책에 포함시켜야 할 필요성, 뇌혈관질환자의 의료적 필요 충족을 위해 다양한 차원의 변수들을 고려한 포괄적 대책 마련의 필요성, 미 충족 의료 발생의 유의한 영향변수들을 중심으로 의료서비스에 대한 접근성을 높일 수 있는 구체화된 서비스 매뉴얼 제작의 필요성에 대해 제언하였다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.67-76
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• 2023

Objectives: Previous studies have reported that people with disabilities are more likely to be impoverished and affected by excessive medical costs than people without disabilities. Public transfer income (PTI) reduces financial strain in low-income households. This study examined the impact of PTI on catastrophic health expenditures (CHE), focusing on low-income households and households with Medical Aid beneficiaries that contained people with disabilities. Methods: We constructed a panel dataset by extracting data on registered households with disabilities from the Korea Welfare Panel Study 2012-2019. We then used a generalized estimating equation model to estimate the impacts of PTI on CHE. A subgroup analysis was carried out to assess the moderating effects of family income levels and health insurance types. Results: As PTI increased, the odds ratio (OR) of CHE in households that contained people with disabilities decreased significantly (OR, 0.92; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.89 to 0.94; p<0.001). In particular, PTI effectively reduced the likelihood of CHE for low-income households (OR, 0.85; 95% CI, 0.81 to 0.89; p<0.001) and those who received medical benefits (OR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.68 to 0.89; p<0.001). Conclusions: This study highlights the positive effect of PTI on decreasing CHE. Household income and the health insurance type were significant effect modifiers, but economic barriers seemed to persist among low-income households with non-Medical Aid beneficiaries. Federal policies or programs should consider increasing the total amount of PTI targeting low-income households with disabilities that are not covered by the Medical Aid program.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.143-152
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• 2012

This study analyzes Korea health panel data (2008) (beta version 1.2) of Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, and National Health Insurance Corporation to figure out determinants of healthcare expenditure. In result of Multiple Logistic Analysis, in-patents felt burden on the medical expenditure were 70.0%. As to the patients' payment of medical expenditure, patients over 65 years old had 4.765 times higher than those under 14 years, disabled patients 2.778 than non-disabled patients, chronic patients 1.632 times than non-chronic patients, patients belonging to 12 million won ~ 46 million won and under 12 million won in family income had 1.680 times and 2.168 times respectively than patients with over 46 million won, patients in professional recuperation facility 1.546 times than patients in hospital, patients in private medical institutions 1.700 times than patients in national and public medical institutions, patients using upper grade rooms 1.701 times than patients in non-upper grade rooms. As a health care safety net mechanism to protect people from medical expenditure burden, there is the patients' payment ceiling in the National Health Insurance System. Thus, in order to facilitate the patient's payment ceiling, it is required that the level of ceiling is to be specified according to the income level, and self-payment items is to be included.

• 의학교육논단
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.139-158
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• 2023

Defining a competent doctor is important for educating and training doctors. However, competency frameworks have rarely been validated during the process of their development in Korea. The purpose of this study was to validate the patient-centered doctor's competency framework, which had been developed by our expert working group (EWG). Two rounds of Delphi questionnaire surveys were conducted among a panel of experts on medicine and medical education. The panel members were provided with six core competencies, 17 sub-competencies, and 53 enabling competencies, and were asked to rate the importance of these competencies on a 5-point Likert scale. Between April and July 2021, a total of 28 experts completed both rounds. The data of the Delphi study were analyzed for the mean, standard deviation, median, inter-rater agreement (IRA), and content validity ratio (CVR). A CVR >0.36 and IRA ≥0.75 were deemed to indicate validity and agreement. This study found that five enabling competencies were not valid, and agreement was not reached for three sub-competencies and two enabling competencies. In consideration of CVR and the individual opinions of panel members at each session, the final competencies were extracted through consensus meetings of the EWG. The competencies were modified into six core competencies, 16 sub-competencies, and 47 enabling competencies. This study is meaningful in that it proposes patient-centered doctor's competencies enabling the development of residents' milestone competencies, an assessment system, and educational programs.