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KMID : 0861120150190010071
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2015 Volume.19 No. 1 p.71 ~ p.82
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Measurement of Care Coordination between Korean Medicine and Western Medicine: Development and Validation of an Instrument
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Park Min-Jung
Choi Byung-Hee
Baek Yun-Hui
Park Jeong-Hye
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Abstract
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Objective : The purpose of this study is to present the desirable model for the promotion of care coordination between Korean Medicine and Western Medicine and develope the instrument to measure the level of coordination. Moreover, we verified the validity and reliability of the developed Instrument.
Method : In this study, We developed the 16 items regarding care coordination in Korean Medicine and Western Medicine by literature review and expert interviews. In addition, we verified the validity and reliability of the instrument as a methodological research.
Results : We developed two factors such as ‘Inter-professional activities’ and ‘Organizational support’ as the instrument to measure the level of care coordination, and each of seven, eight total of 15 measurement items are listed.
Conclusion : Since the legal permission, the level and type of care coordination and the effects of them are needed to be checked. So, the measurement instrument driven by this study has a political signification in healthcare system specially in these times. In addition, by utilizing this instrument, we propose to perform a variety of future studies on the levels of healthcare coordination and related outcomes.
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KEYWORD
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Care Coordination, Korean Medicine, Western Medicine
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