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KMID : 0861120090130020129
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2009 Volume.13 No. 2 p.129 ~ p.146
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Workers’ Attitudes about a System of Collaborative Hospital Practice between Western and Traditional Korean Medicine
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Goo Je-Gil
Noh Hong-In
Hong Sun-Mee
Kang In-Sook
Lee Young-Ho
Han Dong-Woon
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Abstract
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of the study was to explore the attitude of workers toward a system of collaborative hospital practice between western and traditional Korean medicine, to identify factors influencing this attitude, and discuss the reasons socioeconomic groups’ differences.
Method: The data were collected with a questionnaire for this study from 14 April 2009 to 1 May 2009. Data were analyzed mainly via non-parametric statistics and logistic regressions utilising SPSS 17.0 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) to determine the workers’ attitude about the hospital system and to predict factors contributing to positive attitudes.
Results: A total of 1,260 workers working for large factories in Gwangju Metropolitan City. Findings confirmed that more than 40% of the workers show interest in the system and about 44% of the workers also express positive attitudes. Factors found to influence the workers’ response included marital status, income level, health status, experience in complementary medicine services, the number of health care facilities’ visit.
Conclusions: The prospects to establish the system of collaborative hospital practice as reflected by the workers’ view about the Korean health care service delivery system. Their attitudes toward the system differed among socioeconomic groups. Government and health care providers should identify the socioeconomic subgroups’ demands and opinions in order to find and develop measures of integrating western and traditional Korean medicine in health care facilities.
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KEYWORD
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Korean traditional medicine, A system of collaborative hospital practice between western and traditional Korean medicine, Attitude of workers, Hospital
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