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KMID : 0353019720090020361
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Korean Journal of Public Health
1972 Volume.9 No. 2 p.361 ~ p.366
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A Survey on Health Examination of Health Centers in Seoul
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Abstract
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The survey was conducted on the health examination performance status of health centers in Seoul for period of approximately 40 days from september 16 to October 31, 1972. Through the statistical analysis of the results of the surveys, the following conclusion was reached:
1) With the exception of physicians, nearly all other personnel(clinical pathologists and roentogenographers) conducting health examination at health centers had not completed specialized courses.
2) The superannuation and shortage of examination equipment constituted a serious problem. The survey was conducted on the operating status of all the equipment installed at the health centers in Seoul. Out of the total of 146 sets of equipment, 56 sets were five or more old with unreliable accuracy, and eight sets were unseviceable.
3) Seoul´s population reached 5,850,625 persons. The population of each ward ranged from 200,000 to 1,000,000 persons. Among them , a total of 576, 937 persons legally required compulsory health examinations. The number of such persons in each ward ranged from 20,000 to 150,000 persons. The number of examination personnel in each ward was limited to one in each specialized field regardless of the number of persons requiring examination.
4) No significant change has been made in the locations and trades of the health centers since March 1,1963 when health centers began to conduct public health activities.
5) From June 1971 to May 1972, the health centers in Seoul concucted health examination 202,520 persons, only 35.1 per cent of the total number of persons required by law to undergo health examination.
6) Out of each 1,000 serivice trades employees who underwent examination during the one year period, 7.7 persons were detected as tuberculosis patients and 11.2 persons as venereal disease. Out of 117,717 out-patients and families of patients who were X-rayed during the period, 26, 776 per cent were detected as patients.
7) The average daily number of examinations ot cach ward health center ranged from 86 to 229 cases. Out of a total of 366,497 persons who underwent examination at the health centers in Seoul, 36,257 persons or 9.9 per cent were re-checked.
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