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KMID : 1159120080150010087
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Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Psychology
2008 Volume.15 No. 1 p.87 ~ p.108
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A Study on the Health Service Utilization of Mental Retardation Children
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Shin Eun-Hui
Chung Jae-Kweon
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study to examine the health service utilization of mental retardation children and to find reform measures of it. Parents of 118 students with mental retardation in jeonlabuk-do participated in this study from in the mid-Dec. to the end of Dec. in 2007.
The results were as follows: First, in analyzing the actual condition of health service Utilization, 76.3% of the subjects visited medical institutions over once per month, 50.8% of the subjects thought that medical fee is high and many subjects were being felt a economical burden in utilizing health service. Second, in analyzing the degree of satisfaction of utilizing health service, 13.8% of the subjects were dissatisfied with speciality and kindness of medical personnels. Third, in analyzing reform measures of health service utilization, medical institutions for only mental retardation children and services for them, for example, shuttle bus services etc. should be provided more. In conclusion, government, special schools, parents of mental retardation children, and medical practitioners need to cooperate to provide a consumer oriented health service reflected welfare needs of mental retardation children for them to undergo due treatment of high quality.
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KEYWORD
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Mental Retardation Children, Health Service Utilization, Welfare Needs A Degree of Satisfaction
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