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KMID : 0387320140240040330
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2014 Volume.24 No. 4 p.330 ~ p.341
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Factors Influencing Union Members’ Participation in the Korean Health Cooperatives
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Kim Kwang-Myo
Park Eun-Young
Lee Kun-Sei
You Myoung-Soon
Kim Chang-Yup
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Abstract
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Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that affect the participation of union members who involved in the Korean health cooperatives.
Methods: Questionnaires were collected from 1,041 respondents who voluntarily participated in seven health cooperatives. In order to verify the hypothesis, collected data were analyzed using binomial logistic regression.
Results: Longer tenure, higher collective motive, organizational age were associated with types of participation. In operative participation, marital status, higher reward motive, better accessibility to the cooperatives influenced concern about the high-level participation. Organizational age were associated with the high-level participation in management participation. Longer tenure, interaction with staff, management participation were involved in additional investment.
Conclusion: This is the first study to statistically prove that the influencing factors on the participation in the health cooperatives. Based on these findings, the provision of differentiated strategies should be useful for increase of participation.
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KEYWORD
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Korean health cooperatives, Health care organization, Public participation
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