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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Differences in Utilization of Medical and Dental Services among Homeless People in South Korea.

Seung-Hyun Lee, Jae-In Ryu, Se-Hwan Jung

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Factors Associated with Dental Service Use Based on the Andersen Model: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Seung-Hyun LeeDepartment of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Seoul 25457, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5796-4375
Jae-In RyuDepartment of Preventive and Social Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1923-8030
Se-Hwan JungDepartment of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Seoul 25457, Korea.
Gangneung–Wonju National University · KRKyung Hee University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Homelessness contributes to both needs for care and barriers to access. This study aimed to explore the utilization of medical or dental services using Andersen's model for a vulnerable population of homeless in South Korea. (2) Methods: The data were applied from the first national survey for homeless people in South Korea, 2016. Totally 2032 persons participated in the interview survey. This study team requested the raw data through the public portal and analyzed them. (3) Results: The participants who were homeless for more than ten years, staying in small rooming house or shelter, non-employed, earning less than 500,000 won per month, and having a medical condition showed a significantly higher chance of using Medicaid. The use of outreach programs had a significant relationship with gender, duration of homelessness, and monthly income. Among dental patients, the homeless who did not consume alcohol, stayed in a shelter, and were employed had higher chances of using dental service. (4) Conclusions: Medicaid service was strongly related to enabling factors but outreach programs with predisposing factors. Dental service showed strong relationships with the enabling domain, but the pattern was opposite: the jobless had less chance to avail it. The policymakers need to consider these domains of service utilization to provide equitable access to healthcare services.

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Ill-Housed PersonsFemaleHealth ServicesHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Services Needs and DemandHumansMiddle AgedRepublic of Koreahomelessmedicaid programoutreach programutilization of health service

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PMID32717950
PMCPMC7432539
OpenAlexW3044676697

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