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KMID : 0603920210290020045
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Journal of Korean Academy of Occupational Therapy
2021 Volume.29 No. 2 p.45 ~ p.54
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Analysis on the Current Status and Supply-Demand of Occupational Therapists in Long-Term Care
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Lim Jeong-Mi
Kim Bum-Jung
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Abstract
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the supply status of occupational therapists in long-term careand to forecast their supply and demand.
Methods: As data regarding the supply status of occupational therapists in long-term care settings, we utilized datafrom the Annual Report on Health and Welfare Statistics of the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the NationalHealth Insurance Corporation on occupational therapist activities (2008-2018). We used time-series data ontrends in the supply of human resources for supply estimation and assumed that these trends will continue to bemaintained. The sum total and average were then calculated through a technical statistical analysis.
Results: The number of occupational therapists increased from 41 in 2008 to 758 in 2018. The average annualgrowth rate was 37.8%. The result of this study also showed that there will be an excess of supply compared todemand between 2020 and 2030.
Conclusion: To provide high-quality services, it is necessary to solve the problem of imbalance between supply anddemand of occupational therapist in long-term care services and make policy efforts for proper supply andmanagement of personnel. If the direction of the human resource supply and demand policy of the government foroccupational therapists in long-term care services has thus far focused on the quantitative supply of humanresources, it will be necessary to expand it to include the qualitative management of human resources, such asimproving the working environment, including low wages, allowing occupational therapists to enter the long-termcare market and be successfully retained in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Supply, Workforce, Occupational therapists, Long-term care market, Estimate
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