Factors Associated with Health Services Utilization Between the Years 2010 and 2012 in Korea: Using Andersen's Behavioral Model

Overview

Journal Osong Public Health Res Perspect

Specialty Public Health

Date 2016 Mar 17

PMID 26981338

Citations 46

Authors

Han-Kyoul Kim

Munjae Lee

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Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the factors associated with health services utilization using Andersen's behavioral model.

Methods: We collected Korea Health Panel data between the years 2010 and 2012 from the consortium of the National Health Insurance Service and the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, and analyzed the data to determine the outpatients and inpatients of health services utilization.

Results: Health services utilization was more significantly explained by predisposing and need factors than enabling factors. The outpatients were examined more specifically; sex, age, and marital status as predisposing factors, and chronic illness as a need factor were the variables that had significant effects on health-services-utilization experience. The inpatients were examined more specifically: sex, age, and marital status in predisposing factors; education level, economic activities, and insurance type in enabling factors; and chronic illness and disability status in need factors were the significant variables having greater effects on health-services-utilization experience.

Conclusion: This study suggests the practical implications for providing health services for outpatients and inpatients. Moreover, verifying the general characteristics of outpatients and inpatients by focusing on their health services utilization provides the baseline data for establishing health service policies and programs with regard to the recently increasing interest in health services.

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