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KMID : 1170320170230020085
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Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy
2017 Volume.23 No. 2 p.85 ~ p.108
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Unmet Health Care Needs and Impact of Type of Household among the Elderly in Korea
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Lee Hye-Jae
Huh Soon-Im
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Abstract
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The objectives of this study was to investigate unmet needs for health care and to explore impact of type of households among the elderly. Types of households were classified into single person-household, couple-household, and others. Data from the Korea Health Panel Survey using nationally representative sample was analyzed. To identify factors associated with unmet needs multivariate logistic regression analyses using panel data from 2012 through 2014 were employed and subset analyses by types of household were also conducted.
Elderly respondents who experienced unmet needs for health care decreased from 19.26% in 2012 to 17.92% in 2014. Those with disadvantaged socioeconomic status including education level, income, health status were more likely to experience unmet needs and type of households was significant factor associated with unmet health care needs. Subset analyses present that education level is an important factor for elderly people living separately from their children. These results suggest that financial support is important to improve unmet health care needs due to vulnerable condition for the elderly and non-financial support to understand information of health care and to visit health care facilities is also important for independent living elderly people.
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KEYWORD
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unmet health needs, Korea Health Panel, type of household, elderly
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