• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.219-225
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• 2012

2004년부터 시행된 국가적 사업인 퇴원손상심층조사 자료를 이용하여 100병상 이상 의료기관 퇴원환자들중 65세 이상 노인환자의 의료이용을 분석하였다. 시행 초기자료부터 2008년까지의 자료를 분석한 결과 매년 노인환자의 퇴원비율이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 남성보다 여성의 퇴원환자 비율이 높고 재원일수, 사망비율이 65세 미만 퇴원환자에 비하여 65세 이상 노인환자가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 입원중 수술을 경험하는 비율은 노인환자가 낮았다. 호발하는 주된 질병을 분석한 결과 순환기 계통에 해당하는 뇌경색, 협심증 그리고 호흡기 계통에 해당하는 폐암, 폐렴, 기타 만성 폐쇄성 폐질환이 많고, 기타 위암, 당뇨병, 간암, 대장암의 진단 비율이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 진단과 관련한 신경계통, 심혈관 계통 수술이 많은 것으로 분석되었다. 따라서 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 노인의 건강증진을 위한 정책수립에 있어 자원을 우선 배분하고 의료기관들은 앞으로 초고령 사회를 대비하기 위하여 노인환자의 의료이용 특성을 고려하여 경영전략을 수립하여야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2018

Purpose: This study was to analyze clinical and epidemiological characteristics of elderly patients who were admitted to the emergency department (ED) due to falls by separating male and female. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the fall patients aged 65 years or older from the data of the in-depth surveillance study of injured patients visit to the ED under the supervision of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) from 2011 to 2016 by separating male and female. Results: A total of 361,588 elderly fall patients were analyzed and, among them, 14,429 (37.3%) were males and 24,208 (62.7%) were females. Male and female showed similar frequency of damage happening season. However, they showed falling accident mostly on winter. The time of injury occurrence is mostly from 12:00 to 18:00 with 4,949 (34.3%) male and 8,564 (35.4%) female. Most falls occurred in daily activities, accounting for 7,614 (52.8%) in males and 14,957 (61.8%) in females, respectively. Unintentional damage accounted for the most part and 7,395 (51.2%) of male and 15,343 (63.4%) of female were injured indoors. Head and neck were the most common site of injuring, with 8,392 (58.2%) in males and 7,851 (32.4%) in females. According to ED examination outcomes, most of the patients were discharged, while the majority of the hospitalized patients were admitted to the general patient room. Conclusions: The elderly falls occurred mostly from 12:00 to 18:00, during winter and to elderly women. Also, they happened unintentionally indoors in everyday life, mostly. Proved clinical, epidemiological characteristics from this research will be used as useful indicator at validity research of development of prevent program of falling accident for elderly people.