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KMID : 1170320190250010029
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Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy
2019 Volume.25 No. 1 p.29 ~ p.52
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Unmet health care needs of elderly in South Korea: Systematic revie
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Shin Han-Eul
Ko Jane
Shim Eun-Hye
Kim Hong-Soo
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Abstract
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Unmet health care needs act as an indicator for medical accessibility and health equity; recently, number of related research has been increasing. The objective of the study is to critically review literatures of unmet health care needs among older people aged 65 and above in South Korea, and make recommendation for future research. We performed a systematic review of papers for entire year and identified 18 studies eligible for inclusion. Most studies analyzed the determinant factors cross-sectionally and only a few were analyzed longitudinally. Main determinants of unmet health care needs were female, low-education, low-income, poor subjective health status. Having unmet healthcare needs due to economic reason or other reasons showed associative factors that are different from each reason. “Korea Health Panel Study” was most frequently used data source and rate of experiencing unmet health needs and considering economic hardship as barrier of unmet health needs decreased consistently from 2012 to 2014. We suggest future studies to investigate reasons of unmet health care other than economic hardship to analyze the determinant factors. In methodological aspect, more causality studies should be done with precise method.
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KEYWORD
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Unmet health care needs, Elderly, Literature Review, Korea
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