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KMID : 1002520170110010117
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Korean Journal of Health Service Management
2017 Volume.11 No. 1 p.117 ~ p.130
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Regional Health Status and Medicine Expenses by Income Quartile Using the Korea Health Panel
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Kim Yun-Jeong
Hwang Byung-Deog
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Abstract
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Objectives : In this study, 3,107 patients were used to evaluate the impact based on raw data of 2014 and the health status and medical expenses income quintile was collected and data was analyzed.
Methods : Analysis method was the average comparison, ANOVA, subjected to a multiple logistic regression analysis, the statistical test was the t-test and the scheffe post verification.
Results : Gender(p<.000), age(p<.000), marital status(p<.000) educational status (p<.000), easement(p<.000), medication(p<.000), subjective health status(p<.005) were analyzed. First quintile identified that the highest amount was spent in the Chungcheong region, the 2nd quintile showed that the highest output was in the Gyeongsang region. The 3rd and 4th quintiles indicated that the highest expenditure was in the Seoul metropolitan region. The 5th quintile showed that the Chungcheong was the highest once again and the Jeolla region was the lowest in terms of expediture.
Conclusions : Future medical research on income will require the government's Big Data collection to create the primary basis for policy making in order to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and equity of medicine spending.
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KEYWORD
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Income Quartile, Medicine Expenses, Regional Health Status, Regional Medicine Expenses
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