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KMID : 0861120090130010105
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2009 Volume.13 No. 1 p.105 ~ p.115
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Measurement of Physician’s Work for Korean Medicine Services Using Analytic Hierarchy Process
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Lim Byung-Mook
Kwon Hyuk-Sang
Han Chang-Ho
Shin Byung-Cheul
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Abstract
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Background: The resource-based relative value scale has been applied to Korean medicine services as part of the National Health Insurance, yet the proper scoring method for physician’s work needs to be developed.
Objectives: To measure physician’s work for Korean medicine services using Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP) and to compare results abstracted by AHP with those by Magnitude Estimation method.
Methods: We developed the AHP questionnaires for Korean Medicine services and administered it to 12 Korean medicine insurance experts. Weighted scores were calculated and were converted into physician’s work scores. Results: In AHP measurement, the physician’s work scores for acupuncture activities, especially special acupunctures, far increased, while those for diagnosis and basic consultations decreased. Variations in the scores enlarged.
Conclusions: As an alternative, AHP method can be considered for measuring the physician’s work for Korean medicine services with careful management of scoring variation.
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KEYWORD
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Analytic Hierarchy Process, Physician’s work, Health Insurance, Resource-based, Relative Value Scale, Korean Medicine
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