ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi2019
Poor People and Poor Health: Examining the Mediating Effect of Unmet Healthcare Needs in Korea.
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- Independent associations between health-promoting behaviours, healthcare access, and health-related quality of life in Singapore.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Association between diabetic patients' satisfaction with local medical services and experiences of unmet healthcare needs.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Care Needs of Community-Dwelling Older Adults Living in Poverty and Their Relationship With Other Biopsychosocial Variables: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
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- Unmet healthcare needs among the population aged 50+ and their association with health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.European journal of ageing · 2023Article
- Changes in Barriers That Cause Unmet Healthcare Needs in the Life Cycle of Adulthood and Their Policy Implications: A Need-Selection Model Analysis of the Korea Health Panel Survey Data.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Factors and at-risk group associated with hypertension self-management patterns among people with physical disabilities: a latent class analysis.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Factors affecting unmet healthcare needs of low-income overweight and obese women in Korea: analysis of the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017.Korean journal of women health nursing · 2021Article
- Identification of Unmet Healthcare Needs: A National Survey in Thailand.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2021Article
- Unmet Healthcare Needs and Associated Factors in Rural and Suburban Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Association between osteoarthritis and unmet medical needs in Korea: limitations in activities as a mediator.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Factors Underlying Unmet Medical Needs: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to estimate the mediating effect of subjective unmet healthcare needs on poor health. The mediating effect of unmet needs on health outcomes was estimated.
methodsCross-sectional research method was used to analyze Korea Health Panel data from 2011 to 2015, investigating the mediating effect for each annual dataset and lagged dependent variables.
resultsThe magnitude of the effect of low income on poor health and the mediating effect of unmet needs were estimated using age, sex, education level, employment status, healthcare insurance status, disability, and chronic disease as control variables and selfrated health as the dependent variable. The mediating effect of unmet needs due to financial reasons was between 14.7% to 32.9% of the total marginal effect, and 7.2% to 18.7% in lagged model.
conclusionsThe fixed-effect logit model demonstrated that the existence of unmet needs raised the likelihood of poor self-rated health. However, only a small proportion of the effects of low income on health was mediated by unmet needs, and the results varied annually. Further studies are necessary to search for ways to explain the varying results in the Korea Health Panel data, as well as to consider a time series analysis of the mediating effect. The results of this study present the clear implication that even though it is crucial to address the unmet needs, but it is not enough to tackle the income related health inequalities.
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