ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2021
Determining the reasons for unmet healthcare needs in South Korea: a secondary data analysis.
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- Association between Perceived Activity Restriction Due to People's Perception of Aging and Unmet Medical Needs among Middle-Aged and Elderly People: A Population-Based Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Deconstructing subjective unmet healthcare needs: a South Korean case study with policy implications.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Symptoms of depression and anxiety, and unmet healthcare needs in adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.BMC public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
background"Unmet healthcare needs" refers to the situation in which patients or citizens cannot fulfill their medical needs, likely due to socioeconomic reasons. The purpose of this study was to analyze factors related to unmet healthcare needs among South Korean adults.
methodsWe used a retrospective cross-sectional study design. This nationwide-based study included the data of 26,598 participants aged 19 years and older, which were obtained from the 2013-2017 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. Using multiple logistic regression models, we analyzed the associations between factors that influence unmet healthcare needs and participants' subgroups.
resultsDespite South Korea's universal health insurance system, in 2017, 9.5% of South Koreans experienced unmet healthcare needs. In both the male and female groups, younger people (age 19-39) had a higher odds ratio (OR) of experiencing unmet healthcare needs compared to older people (reference: age ≥ 60) (men: OR 1.83, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.35-2.48; women: OR 1.42, 95% CI 1.12-1.81). In particular, unlike men, women's unmet healthcare needs increased as their incomes decreased (1 quartile OR 1.55, 2 quartiles OR 1.29, 3 quartiles OR 1.26). Men and women showed a tendency to have more unmet healthcare needs with less exercise, worse subjective health state, worse pain, and a higher degree of depression.
conclusionsThe contributing factors of unmet healthcare needs included having a low socioeconomic status, high stress, severe pain, and severe depression. Considering our findings, we suggest improving healthcare access for those with low socioeconomic status.
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