ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2016
The Ecology of Medical Care in Korea.
Article in Journal of Korean medical science, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Breaking the chains in plato's cave: acute care in general practice.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- The Ecology of Medical Care in Shanghai: Temporal Trends and International Comparisons.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Studies on the ecology of medical care: a comparative analysis in historical perspective, 1928-2018.Salud colectiva · 2023Article
- The ecology of medical care in Korea: the association of a regular doctor and medical care utilization.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Pediatric Health Access and Private Medical Insurance: Based on the Ecology of Medical Care in Korea.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The ecology of medical care in Shanghai.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Reduced liver cancer mortality with regular clinic follow-up among patients with chronic hepatitis B: A nationwide cohort study.Cancer medicine · 2020Article
- The ecology of medical care: access points to the health care system in Austria and other developed countries.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2019Article
- Building primary care in Japan: Literature review.Journal of general and family medicine · 2019Review
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Abstract
This study aimed to describe the ecology of medical care in Korea. Using the yearly data of 2012 derived from the Korea Health Panel, we estimated the numbers of people per 1,000 residents aged 18 and over who had any health problem and/or any medical care at a variety of care settings, such as clinics, hospitals, and tertiary hospitals, in an average month. There was a total of 11,518 persons in the study population. While the number of those who had any health problem in an average month was estimated to be 939 per 1,000 persons, the estimated numbers of ambulatory care users were 333 at clinics, 101 at hospital outpatient departments, 35 at tertiary hospital outpatient departments, and 38 for Korean Oriental medical providers. The number of people who used emergency care at least once was 7 per 1,000 persons in an average month. The numbers of people hospitalized in clinics and hospitals were 3 and 8, respectively, while 3 persons were admitted to tertiary hospitals. There was a gap between the number of people experiencing any health problem and that of those having any medical care, and primary care comprised a large share of people's medical care experiences. It was noteworthy that more patients received ambulatory care at tertiary hospitals in Korea than in other countries. We hope that discussion about care delivery system reform and further studies will be encouraged.
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