• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.30-38
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• 2024

Background: This study examined the public's perceptions of repeat dispensing as one of the measures to reduce the harmful effects of long-term prescriptions in Korea. Methods: From January 11 to 25, 2021, an online survey was conducted for adults using convenience sampling. A self-developed questionnaire was used. Results: There were 310 respondents, of which 228 (73.5%) preferred repeat dispensing. When considering the additional fee payment, 188 (60.6%) preferred repeat dispensing, and 54 (67.5%) out of a total of 80 chronic disease patients preferred it. It was confirmed that there was a difference in the willingness to repeat dispensing considering the additional cost depending on whether the patient had a chronic disease and the distance from home to the nearest pharmacy. As a result of subgroup analysis for patients with chronic diseases, frequency of outpatient visit, number of prescription days, method of packaging pharmaceuticals, and distance from home to the nearest pharmacy were identified as variables that could well predict the willingness to repeat dispensing considering paying additional fees. The preference for repeat dispensing may vary depending on conditions such as additional cost range, frequency and period of prescription use, disease and patient characteristics, so a careful approach is necessary. Conclusion: It is necessary for the government to consider the introduction of repeat dispensing with interest in the public demand.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.238-244
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• 2016

Background: Mupirocin, a topical antimicrobial agent has been used for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and recently mupirocin resistance was issued in some studies. The objective of this study was to analyze prescription patterns of topical mupirocin, to evaluate appropriateness of prescriptions in the ambulatory setting, and to compare frequency of mupirocin usage in South Korea with that in United States. Methods: Topical mupirocin prescription patterns (the number of prescription and a prescription period), and appropriateness of prescription (including a prescription rate over 10 days, a repeat prescription rate within 30 days and a prescription rate within labeled indications) were analyzed using the 2012 Health Insurance and Review and Assessment service-National Patient Sample dataset of South Korea. The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey dataset was used to quantify topical mupirocin prescription in United States for comparison. Results: In South Korea, the prescriptions rate for use over 10 days was 3%, the repeat prescription rate within 30 days was 8.87% and the prescription proportion within labeled indications was 33.84%. The most frequent diagnostic code was nonbacterial infection. The prescription rate per 1000 population of topical mupirocin in South Korea was calculated to be 46.07, whereas in United States was calculated to be 13.10. Conclusion: Topical mupirocin has been used frequently and inappropriately, so further studies are required to investigate the rationale behind such prescribing mupirocin patterns.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제61권5호
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• pp.633-639
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• 2018

Objective : We investigated the outcomes of repeat stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for metastatic brain tumors that locally recurred despite previous SRS, focusing on the tumor control. Methods : A total of 114 patients with 176 locally recurring metastatic brain tumors underwent repeat SRS after previous SRS. The mean age was 59.4 years (range, 33 to 85), and there were 68 male and 46 female patients. The primary cancer types were non-small cell lung cancer (n=67), small cell lung cancer (n=12), gastrointestinal tract cancer (n=15), breast cancer (n=10), and others (n=10). The number of patients with a single recurring metastasis was 95 (79.8%), and another 19 had multiple recurrences. At the time of the repeat SRS, the mean volume of the locally recurring tumors was 5.94 mL (range, 0.42 to 29.94). We prescribed a mean margin dose of 17.04 Gy (range, 12 to 24) to the isodose line at the tumor border primarily using a 50% isodose line. Results : After the repeat SRS, we obtained clinical and magnetic resonance imaging follow-up data for 84 patients (73.7%) with a total of 108 tumors. The tumor control rate was 53.5% (58 of the 108), and the median and mean progression-free survival (PFS) periods were 246 and 383 days, respectively. The prognostic factors that were significantly related to better tumor control were prescription radiation dose of 16 Gy (p=0.000) and tumor volume less than both 4 mL (p=0.001) and 10 mL at the repeat SRS (p=0.008). The overall survival (OS) periods for all 114 patients after repeat SRS varied from 1 to 56 months, and median and mean OS periods were 229 and 404 days after the repeat SRS, respectively. The main cause of death was systemic problems including pulmonary dysfunction (n=58, 51%), and the identified direct or suspected brain-related death rate was around 20%. Conclusion : The tumor control following repeat SRS for locally recurring metastatic brain tumors after a previous SRS is relatively lower than that for primary SRS. However, both low tumor volume and high prescription radiation dose were significantly related to the tumor control following repeat SRS for these tumors after previous SRS, which is a general understanding of primary SRS for metastatic brain tumors.

• 한국조리학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.51-62
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• 1999

People who cook often say "cooking is art" or "cooks are the same as doctors". But matter how hard they way repeat these speaking, if they are not permitted socially, that becomes a useless thing. To sublime cooking into the art and cook like doctor′s prescription, culinary duty must be peformed by craftsman spirit and soul to endow artistic value. And culinary course is carried out by virture of scientic basis like doctor′s prescription.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.623-628
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• 2006

Sopung-san(SPS; prescription No. DO27), a herbal medicine prescribed by oriental hospital of Daegu fanny University, has been used as cure for pruritus and psoriasis. To evaluate anti-inflammatory effect of Sopung-san, we treated Sopung-san extract in animal model system induced contact hypersensitivity. Contact hypersensitivity, a local inflammatory response of the skin, was induced by 1% DNCB on the right ear of BALB/C mouse. Sopung-san was prepared as water extract and administrated everyday for 2 weeks per oral. A right ear of mouse was potently swelled by 1% of DNCB treatment, but a mouse ear thickness was significantly reduced by Sopung-san after 2 weeks. treatment. Sopung-san reduced IgG in serum obtained from blood of 1 % DNCB-treated mouse. IgE in serum was not changed by DNCB and/or Sopung-san treatment. $IL-1{\beta}$ and IL-6 from ear tissue were significantly increased by DNCB, Dut were not reduced by Sopung-san. From these results, anti-inflammatory effect of Sopung-san, especially reduction of ear swelling, might be partly due to reduction of IgG in serum.

• 한국품질경영학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국품질경영학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.54-65
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• 2006

Since the ending of the IMF period, the Korean health industry has experienced a number of changes in its environment such as hospital bankruptcy, enforcement of SDF(Separation of Dispensing and Prescription), opening of the medical market by WHO, evaluation of medical institutions with more than 100 sick beds, and limited approval for medical service advertisement. Furthermore, the concept of medical service has changed from a beneficent and vortical one to a hi lateral and righteous one. These changes in medical service have required medical institutions to provide customers with medical service options and adopt market principles actively, while considering customer satisfaction. Thus, this paper aims to investigate the service quality and service value of medical institutions, to understand the mutual relationship between customer satisfaction and repeat visits, and to suggest better solutions for the improvement of service quality. For future studies, It will be necessary to overcome the limitations of this research and develop proper measurement tools on service quality in the Korean medical system.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.315-329
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• 1999

이 연구는 경상북도 성주군 성주읍 및 충청남도 논산시 양촌면에 거주하는 주민 640명을 대상으로 대상자의 일반적 특성, 건강 관련문항, 의견불일치와 관련된 문항 등으로 구성된 면담지를 이용한 직접 면담조사로 이루어졌다. 의견불일치의 조작적 정의는 의사의 진료에서 진단, 처방, 치료 등의 전반적인 진료과정에서 동의할 수 없는 의견을 경험하거나 느낀 적이 있는 경우로 하였다. 조사대상자의 162%가 의견불일치의 경험을 보고하였으며, 의견불일치후 행동을 취한 사람은 8.7%였다. 조사대상자의 일반적 특성과 의견불일치의 경험에서는 단일분석결과 연령, 교육수준, 소득수준, 및 지역이 유의한 차이를 보였다. 의견불일치는 진단관련이 40.6%로 가장 많았으며, 의사와 환자간의 관계에서 28.2%로 두 번째로 많았고, 치료 또는 처치관련, 19.9%, 약 처방 관련이 11.3%였다. 의견불일치 후 취하여진 행동은 '다른 의견을 구하거나 진단처방을 위해 다른 의사를 찾아갔다'가 53.6%로 가장 많았으며 '의사에게 직접 말로써 항의하거나 다른 것을 요구하였다' 35.7%, '치료나 약 복용을 중지하였다' 18%, '같은 의사에게 다시 찾아갔다' 16%, '병 의원 방문을 끊었다.' 25.0% 순이었다. 의견불일치 유형에 따른 의견불일치 후 취해진 행동을 분석해보면 먼저 비행동자는 치료와 관련한 의견불일치에서 44.4%로 가장 많았으며, 진단관련 41.7%, 환자-의사관계 40.5%, 약처방관련 31.6%순이었다. 의사에 대한 환자의 의견불일치 경험 유무를 종속변수로 한 조사대상자의 일반적 특성을 투입한 로지스틱 회귀분석에서는 연령, 결혼상태, 만성질환유무, 보건의료에 대한 일반적인 만족도가 기여변수 선택되었으며, 의견불일치 후 취한 행동유무를 종속변수로 두었을 때는 결혼상태가 선택되었다. 이 조사연구는 실험적이고 탐색적인 연구로 의사와 환자간의 관계를 환자의 의사에 대한 의견불일치와 취해진 행동에 사이를 관계와 그 수준을 평가함으로써 잠재적인 불만족의 수준이 높음을 확인하였으며, 그로 인한 행동사이의 관계도 의미있는 결과를 시사하는 바, 우리 나라의 의료분야에서 관심을 가져야하는 또 다른 과제임을 확인하였다.