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KMID : 0613620210410030160
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Health Social Welfare Review
2021 Volume.41 No. 3 p.160 ~ p.176
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Current Status of Unmet Health Care Needs in the Disabled in Korea
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Choi Kyung-Hwa
Kim Mi-Hyeon
Choi Yong-Jun
Cho Yong-Min
Kim Mi-So
Jeong Eun-Hye
Kim Jung-Ae
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Abstract
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This study aims to evaluate the proportion and factors of unmet health care needs (UHCNs) in the disabled and to compare UHCNs between disabled and non-disabled individuals. We conducted the annual proportion and cause of UHCNs by disabled or limited activity, type and grade of disabled using the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1998, 2005, 2007~2018), Community Health Survey (2008~2019), Disabled Health and Welfare Survey (2000, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017), Korean Elderly Health and Welfare Survey (2008, 2011, 2014, 2017), Korea Health Panel Study (2008~2017). The proportion of UHCNs has been on the decrease overall, but it was higher in the disabled than in the non-disabled, higher in the severely disabled than in the moderately disabled, higher in those with external impairments than in people with other disability, and higher in dental care than in other health services. The difference in proportion of UHCNs did not decrease in between disabled and non-disabled individuals and was larger in dental care than in other health services. The main cause of UHCNs was “financial” for disabled persons and “not enough time” for non-disabled persons.
Based on the results of this study, we suggest that further study is needed to find out the cause of the constant gap in the rate of unmet care needs between the disabled and non-disabled and to find ways to bridge the gap.
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KEYWORD
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Disabled, Unmet Health Care Needs, Severe Disabled, Unmet Dental Care Needs
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