Yoon Jinwon, Park Haemo, Chu Chaeshin, Choi Sung-Yong, Lee Kibum, Lee Sundong
Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Korea.
Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University, Korea.
Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015 Jun;6(3):170-83. doi: 10.1016/j.phrp.2015.06.001. Epub 2015 Jun 5.
This study was intended to analyze the characteristics of infrequent and frequent outpatients visiting Korean medical facilities, and find the related variables of frequent users.
The data source was the Report on the Usage and Consumption of Korean Medicine (2011) published by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. We analyzed outpatient data using SAS 9.2.
As much as 46.6% of the patients used Korean medical services over 11 times in 3 months. The proportion of frequent users increased depending on age, and their proportion was high in the low-income and low-education group. People with musculoskeletal disease, stroke, hypertension, and obesity were more likely to use Korean medical services. In general, patients were satisfied with their treatment, with frequent outpatients being more satisfied than infrequent outpatients. In logistic regression analysis, age and musculoskeletal disease were significant determinants of frequency of use of Korean medical services.
Age, musculoskeletal disease, and specific diseases were highly associated with frequent Korean medical utilization.
本研究旨在分析韩国医疗机构中不常就诊和经常就诊门诊患者的特征，并找出频繁使用者的相关变量。
数据来源是卫生与福利部以及韩国健康与社会事务研究所发布的《韩医学使用与消费报告（2011年）》。我们使用SAS 9.2分析门诊数据。
多达46.6%的患者在3个月内使用韩医疗服务超过11次。频繁使用者的比例随年龄增长而增加，且在低收入和低教育群体中比例较高。患有肌肉骨骼疾病、中风、高血压和肥胖症的人更有可能使用韩医疗服务。总体而言，患者对治疗感到满意，频繁门诊患者比不常门诊患者更满意。在逻辑回归分析中，年龄和肌肉骨骼疾病是韩医疗服务使用频率的重要决定因素。
年龄、肌肉骨骼疾病和特定疾病与频繁使用韩医学密切相关。
