• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.269-289
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• 1999

농촌지역 재택노인들의 건강관심도, 건강실천행위, 주곤적 건강상태, 그리고 일상생활 동작능력과 이들간의 관련성을 파악하고, 이들에 영향을 미치는요인을 알아보기 위하여 일개 군의 65세 이상 재택노인 480명을 대상으로 1998년 11월 15일부터 12월 20일까지 집적 면담하여 자료를 수집하였다. 건강관심도가 높은 상위군이 44.4%, 중위군이 13.1%, 하위군이 42.5%였으며, 건강실천행위는 상위군이 3.8%, 중위군이 18.8%, 하위군이 77.5%였다. 주관적 건강상태는 좋음이 29.0%, 보통이 31.0%, 나쁨이 40.0%였으며, 일상생활동작능력은 고ADL이 91.5%, 저ADL이 8.5%였다. 단변량 분석결과 남녀 전체를 대상으로 하였을 때 건강관심도와 건강실천행위는 유의한 관련이 있어 건강관심도가 높은 사람이 건강실천행위를 많이 하였다. 남녀로 구분하였을 때 남자의 경우 건강관심도와 건강실천행위는 유의한 관련이 있었고, 여자의 경우는 유의한 관련은 없었다. 남자와 여자 모두에서 건강실천행위와 주관적 건강상태는 유의한 관련이 있었다. 즉, 건강실천행위를 많이하는 사람이 주관적 건강상태가 좋았다. 건강실천행위와 ADL의 경우는 남녀가 모두 건강실천행위를 많이 하는 사람이 유의하지는 않았지만 ADL이 좋았다. 남녀 모두에서 ADL이 좋은 경우 유의하게 주관적인 건강상태가 좋았다. 사회인구학적 변수를 독립변수로 하고 건강관심도를 종속변수로 한 다중회귀 분석에서 건강관심도는 연령이 적을수록, 의료보호보다 의료보험인 경우, 대중매체나 병원 보건소등의 건강정보원이 있는 경우, 그리고 정기적인 모임이 있는 경우에 높았다. 건강실천행위를 종속변수로 하고 사회인구학적 특성과 건강관심도를 독립변수로 한 다중회귀분석 결과, 남자의 경우에만 모형이 성립하였는데 건강관심도가 높을수록 건강실천행위를 많이 하였다. 주관적인 건강상태를 종속변수로 하고 사회인구학적 특성과 건강실천행위를 독립변수로 한 일반화 로짓 모형에서 남자는 생활비가 충분할수록, 질병이 없는 경우, 정기적인 모임이 있는 경우, 그리고 건강실천행위를 많이 하는 경우에 주관적 건강상태가 좋았다. 여자의 경우는 배우자가 없는 경우, 생활비를 본인이나 배우자가 부담하는 경우, 질병이 없는 경우, 병원이나 보건소 등의 건강정보원이 있는 경우, 그리고 건강실천행위를 많이 할수록 주관적 건강상태가 좋았다. 사회인구학적 변수에 건강실천행위를 추가한 독립변수와 ADL의 고저를 종속변수로 한 다중 로지스틱 회기분석에서 남자의 경우는 생활비를 본인이나 배우자가 부담할수록, 여자의 경우는 연령이 적을수록, 병원·보건소 등의 건강정보원이 있을수록 ADL이 좋았다. 이상의 결과를 볼 때 남녀 모두 건강에 대한 관심이 높을수록 건강실천행위를 많이 하게 되며 건강실천행위를 많이 할수록 건강수준인 일상생활 동작능력과 주관적인 건강상태가 좋았고, 일상생활 동작능력이 좋을수록 주관적인 건강상태도 좋았다. 그러므로 노인들이 건강에 대한 관심을 가지고 건강실천행위를 할 수 있도록 대중매체와 개인면담을 통한 상담과 보건교육, 지역사회 건강증진 프로그램 등 다차원적인 접근이 필요하다.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.89-99
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the effects of visiting nursing services in long-term care (LTC) insurance on changes in health status and physical functions among the elderly. Methods: We analyzed survey data on the living status and welfare needs of the elderly from 2008 and 2011 using the difference-in-difference method with propensity score matching. Results: The subjects were 76 elders including 38 visiting nursing service users(intervention group) and 38 home-based LTC service users (control group). Results from DID analysis confirmed that the subjective health status level of the intervention group was 2.2 points higher (p=.044) and the depression level was 0.3 point lower (p=.039) than the control group. In addition, the intervention group's ADL score was 1.9 (p=.027) and IADL 3.9 (p=.030), showing that their health was deteriorated less. Conclusion: Visiting nursing service in LTC insurance was associated with delayed deterioration of subjective health status, depression, ADL and IADL. These findings suggest the need of rebuilding visiting nursing service programs focusing on prevention services, which will be more contributive to elderly health care and the reduction of social costs.

• 대한장애인치과학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.17-30
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• 2006

Federal disability law has evolved from several laws geared to protect people with disabilities since the late 1960s and early 1970s. When U.S. Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990, no federal statute prohibited the majority of employers, program administrators, owners and managers of places of public accommodation and others from discriminating against people with disabilities. Toward the ends to assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with the disabilities, the ADA pursues three major strategies: Title I addresses inequality in employment, Title II, inequality in public services, and Title III, inequality in services and accommodations offered by private entities. The purposes of the study were to analyze the impact of the ADA on health care for persons with disabilities and to review the ongoing health policy reforms at the federal and state governments. Essential remedies that the ADA contemplates are based on two principles, simple discrimination and reasonable accommodation, which significantly improved access to quality care, especially long-term care, by persons with disabilities. However, the ongoing Medicaid policy reforms to control rising health care costs in the U.S. could threaten the access to care by persons with disabilities in optional groups and to optional care services by persons with disabilities in mandatory groups.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.302-306
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• 2020

Objectives: In this paper, we aimed to investigate the evolving debate over border closure in Korea during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, to address the main themes associated with border closure, and to discuss the factors that need to be considered when making such decisions. Methods: We collated and reviewed previously conducted review studies on border closures during infectious disease outbreaks to derive relevant themes and factors. Results: According to our systematic review on border closures and travel restrictions, the effects of such containment efforts are limited. We suggest considering the following factors when determining whether to impose border closure measures: (1) disease characteristics, (2) timeliness of implementation, (3) transmission delay and the basic reproduction number, (4) globalization and pandemics, and (5) social and economic costs. Conclusions: Our assessment indicates that the effects of border closures are at best temporary and limited. Alternative measures must be contemplated and implemented to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in particular and infectious diseases more broadly.

• 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.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.370-375
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• 2023

The responsibility to ensure the health rights of detainees, particularly their medical rights, fundamentally lies with the state in all nations. However, in the correctional facilities of the Republic of Korea, these rights are currently not adequately safeguarded. Numerous detainees express dissatisfaction with the medical services provided and show a preference for voluntary external treatment. However, barriers such as prolonged application processes for external treatment and the requirement for detainees to cover their medical expenses present significant challenges. Therefore, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea has advocated for an increased medical budget in correctional facilities and a bolstered professional medical workforce to improve the medical care of detainees. Recommendations for improvements include: (1) establishing dedicated correctional hospitals for detainees, (2) setting up specialized correctional wards, (3) collaborating with military hospitals, (4) launching mobile medical buses for diverse specialties, (5) enhancing collaboration with public and private medical institutions, (6) increasing compensation for partnering external medical institutions, (7) improving the working conditions of medical officers, (8) safeguarding the defense rights of medical staff, (9) improving the working conditions of public health doctors from the Ministry of Justice in correctional facilities, and (10) pre-assigning public health specialists and military doctors to correctional facilities. By implementing these measures, it is anticipated that the quality of medical services in the Republic of Korea's correctional facilities will improve, reducing the demand for external treatments among detainees and ensuring their health and medical rights are realistically upheld.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.93-102
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• 2014

Objectives: This study aimed at revising the Korean Out-patient Groups for Korean Medicine (KOPG-OM, version 1.0) based on clinical similarity and resource use, by using the accumulated claims data, and evaluating the validity of the revised classification system. Methods: A clinical specialist panel involving 19 specialists from 8 Korean medicine (KM) specialty areas reviewed the classification tree, diagnosis groups and procedure groups in terms of clinical similarity. Several models of outpatient grouping were formulated, with the validity of each tested based on the $R^2$ coefficient of determination for the treatment costs of all visits. To add age splits, the variances of treatment costs by age groups were also analyzed. These statistical analyses were performed using KM claims data of National Health Insurance from 2010 to 2012. Results: The classification tree designed via panel discussions was used to allocate outpatient cases to 26 diagnosis groups, with cases involving procedures such as acupuncture, moxibustion and cupping, then allocated to 9 procedure groups in each diagnosis group. The cases without procedures were categorized into the visit index - medication group. This process resulted in 298 outpatient groups. The $R^2$ values for treatment costs of all visits ranged from 0.38 to 0.69 depending on the providers' types. Conclusions: The revised model of KOPG-KM has a higher validity for outpatient classification than the current system and can provide better management of the costs of outpatient care in KM.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.250-257
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• 2017

Objective: The prevalence rate of osteoarthritis in Koreans aged 50 years or older is 14.3%, and the total amount of medical costs is more than KRW 1 trillion. Recently, the reimbursement guidelines for osteoarthritis treatment have changed. Methods: In this study, we sought to describe prescription patterns of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and gastro-protective agent (GPA) and analyze the clinical and economic impacts of the new policy using the national health insurance claims data. The incidence of upper gastrointestinal adverse event by policy change was identified through the odds ratio, and changes in medicine and medical costs related to osteoarthritis through mean and median. Results: There were 204,552 patients before the reimbursement guidelines relaxation and 239,710 after it, a 17.2% rise. The prescription ratio was 3.3% for the patients prescribed with COX-2 selective NSAIDs alone and 1.3% for those with both COX-2 selective NSAIDs and GPA combination before the reimbursement guidelines relaxation. The reimbursement guidelines relaxation significantly increased their ratios to 6.9% and 2.8%, respectively. Gastrointestinal adverse events significantly reduced by 1.21%p after reimbursement guidelines relaxation. The average medicine cost per person increased significantly to KRW 140,291 from KRW 137,323 after the reimbursement guidelines relaxation, while the average medical cost per person slightly decreased from KRW 311,605 to KRW 310,755 after the relaxation, showing no meaningful difference. Conclusion: The reimbursement guidelines relaxation may influence on decreasing the upper gastrointestinal adverse event, increasing the medicine costs and maintaining the medical costs for osteoarthritis.

• The Korean journal of internal medicine
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.1160-1168
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• 2018

Background/Aims: The Republic of Korea is a country where the hemodialysis population is growing rapidly. It is believed that the numbers of treatments related to vascular access-related complications are also increasing. This study investigated the current status of treatment and medical expenses for vascular access in Korean patients on hemodialysis. Methods: This was a descriptive observational study. We inspected the insurance claims of patients with chronic kidney disease who underwent hemodialysis between January 2008 and December 2016. We calculated descriptive statistics of the frequencies and medical expenses of procedures for vascular access. Results: The national medical expenses for access-related treatment were 7.12 billion KRW (equivalent to 6.36 million USD) in 2008, and these expenses increased to 42.12 billion KRW (equivalent to 37.67 million USD) in 2016. The population of hemodialysis patients, the annual frequency of access-related procedures, and the total medical cost for access-related procedures increased by 1.6-, 2.6-, and 5.9-fold, respectively, over the past 9 years. The frequency and costs of access care increased as the number of patients on hemodialysis increased. The increase in vascular access-related costs has largely been driven by increased numbers of percutaneous angioplasty. Conclusions: The increasing proportion of medical costs for percutaneous angioplasty represents a challenge in the management of end-stage renal disease in Korea. It is essential to identify the clinical and physiological aspects as well as anatomical abnormalities before planning angioplasty. A timely surgical correction could be a viable option to control the rapid growth of access-related medical expenses.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.146-154
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• 2002

배경 : 세계적으로 암의 발생률과 사망률은 증가하는 추세로, 그로 인한 의료비 상승의 문제로 국가 정책의 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 이에 저자 등은 호스피스 케어를 위해 입원한 말기 암 환자들의 의료비용 실태를 조사하고 이와 관련된 요인도 함께 살펴보아 불필요한 의료비용 부분의 효과적 감소에 도움이 되고자 하였다. 방법 : 2000년 7월 1일부터 2002년 6월 30일 사이에 경기도 고양시에 소재한 모 병원 가정의학과에 말기 암으로 입원하여 사망한 환자 259명을 대상으로 인구통계학적 자료 암의 기왕력, 임상소견, 의료비용을 조사하였다. 의료비용은 환자의 사망직전 입원 당시의 원무과 계산서를 근거로 세부 항목을 조사하였다. 인구통계학적 특성, 암의 기왕력, 임상 소견과 평균 의료비용과의 상관관계를 ANOVA로 조사하였다. 결과 : 말기 암 환자 259명중 남자가 135명(52.1%), 여자가 124명(47.9%)이었으며, 암의 종류는 위암이(58명, 22.4%) 제일 많았다. 입원 당시의 임상소견은 식욕부진이 227명(87.6%), 통증이 199명(76.8%), 오심 구토가 152명(58.7%) 순으로 높게 나타났다. 총 의료비용은 740,628,045원이었으며 환자 1인당 평균 의료비용은 $285,968{\pm}3,070,272$원이었다. 총 의료비용 중에서 주사료가 237,038,259원(32.0%)로 가장 많았고 병실료가 206,416,669원(27.9%), 검사료(임상병리 검사료와 진단 방사선료)가 103,417,747원(14.0%) 순이었다. 평균 의료비용은 주사료, 치료방사선료, 병실료 순으로 높았다. 인구통계학적 특성, 암의 기왕력, 임상소견의 항목 중 통증만 유일하게 평균 의료비용과 상관관계가 있었다(P<0.05). 결론 : 호스피스 케어를 받는 말기 암 입원 환자들에서 불필요한 마약성 진통제 등 주사 투여를 가능하면 줄이고 가정 내 호스피스를 활성화하고 과도한 검사를 줄임으로써 보다 더 효과적인 비용 절감을 도모할 수 있을 것으로 보인다.