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KMID : 0387320110210030349
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2011 Volume.21 No. 3 p.349 ~ p.364
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The relationship between the new-building of rural public health centers and outpatient medical utilization - review of confounding effect by IMF economic recession
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Park Sun-Hee
Lee Su-Jin
Soh Un-Ki
Na Baeg-Ju
Lee Jin-Yong
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Abstract
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Objectives : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between new-building of rural public health centers and the outpatient medical utilization.
Methods : The study subjects were 141 public health centers in rural area. The data were collected from 1995 to 2001, medical utilization and local population, healthcare resources, and economic characteristics were included. In order to evaluate new-building effects, we performed paired t-tests and multivariate regression analyses.
Results : The following variables are significant affecting the medical utilization of rural public health centers: urban side location of public health centers(p<0.05), pre- and post-IMF economic crisis(p<0.001), number of medical aid recipients(p<0.01), number of private clinics(p<0.05), workers of public health centers(p<0.001), financial independent level of local governments(p<0.001). In contrast, the existence of new-building and number of the aged 65 and over were not significant variables.
Conclusions : We could not find out the positive relationship between the existence of new-building and the volume of medical utilization in rural public health centers. In particular the medical utilization of rural public health centers is significantly affected by IMF economic recession and number of the poor strata, the economically depressed area.
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KEYWORD
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Rural health centers, Facility design and construction, Economic recession, Outpatient medical utilization
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