ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2014
Access to medical services in korean people with spinal cord injury.
Article in Annals of rehabilitation medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Does stronger primary care improve access to health services for persons with spinal cord injury? Evidence from eleven European countries.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2024Article
- Health System's Role in Facilitating Health Service Access among Persons with Spinal Cord Injury across 22 Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Satisfying medical and rehabilitation needs positively influences returning to work after a work-related injury: an analysis of national panel data from 2018 to 2019.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Understanding the Rehabilitation Needs of Korean Patients With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2020Article
- Trajectories of Rehabilitation across Complex Environments (TRaCE): design and baseline characteristics for a prospective cohort study on spinal cord injury and acquired brain injury.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Inpatient migration patterns in persons with spinal cord injury: A registry study with hospital discharge data.SSM - population health · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the accessibility of medical services for Korean people with spinal cord injury (SCI) compared to the control group (CG) and to evaluate significantly related factors.
methodsA total of 363 community dwelling people with chronic SCI were enrolled and 1,089 age- and sex-matched subjects were randomly selected from the general population as the CG. Self-reported access to medical services was measured by asking "Have you experienced the need for a hospital visit in the last year but could not?". This was followed up by asking the reasons for not receiving services when medically necessary. Variables, including lack of finances, difficulties making medical appointments, and lack of transportation were evaluated for accessibility to medical services.
resultsSixty subjects (16.5%) in the SCI group had difficulties receiving medical services due to a lack of accessibility, compared to 45 (4.1%) in the CG (p<0.001). Variables causing difficulties receiving medical services were lack of transportation (27 persons, 45%), lack of finances (24 persons, 40%), and difficulty scheduling hospital appointments (9 persons, 15%) in the SCI group. In the CG, availability (lack of available time) and acceptability (deciding not to visit the hospital due to mild symptoms) were the reasons for not receiving medical care.
conclusionPeople with SCI experienced limited accessibility to medical services, which was due to environmental rather than personal factors compared to that in the CG. Therefore, development of social policies to reduce or remove environmental variables is necessary.
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