Abstract

본 연구는 의과 일부 상병에 국한된 지역간 의료이용변이 연구의 범위를 한방으로 확대하여 다양한 실증적 연구기반을 마련하고 의과 상병의 지역간 의료이용변이가 한방에서도 존재하는지, 존재한다면 그 요인은 무엇인지를 파악하여 한방 의료서비스의 합리적 이용을 위한 정책수립에 필요한 기초 자료를 제공하는데 그 목적이 있다. 2010~2011년 건강보험 자료에서 의과, 한방외래 다빈도 10대 상병을 선정하고 86개 군 지역을 대상으로 지역 간 의료이용 변이여부를 분석하였다. 분석결과 한방에서도 지역별의료이용변이가 존재하는 것으로 나타났는데 내원일당진료비는 공급자측면 보다는 수요자특성이 주요한 요인으로 작용하였고 수진자당진료비는 공급자와 수요자특성이 동시에 주요한 요인으로 작용하였다. 따라서 한방 의료서비스의 합리적 이용을 위한 의료의 과다이용과 미 충족 방지를 위해 한방 의료서비스 표준화, 한방의료 역할강화, 올바른 의료이용과 불필요한 의료행위를 줄이기 위한 정보제공 및 정보공유 확대정책이 필요하다. The objectives of this study are to identify whether the small area variation also exists in the oriental medicine and, if it exists, what causes, to expand our boundary of research interests on the small area variation observed at the western medicine toward the oriental medicine as one of the fundamental research foundations and to provide any fundamental findings from this study results to the healthcare politicians to promote consumer's rational behaviors for the use of healthcare. This study analyzed the health insurance claim data (2010, 2011) which were the patients of western medicine and the outpatients of the oriental medicine with the top 10 most frequent diseases and looked into the variation of healthcare utilization among the areas after grouping resident area into an 86-area category. The study result shows that the small area variation was also observed at the part of the oriental medicine in which the characteristics of patients critically affect the healthcare expenditure per visit day rather than those of providers and the characteristics of both patients and providers equally affect the healthcare expenditure per patient. Therefore, this study suggests that government set up healthcare policies on the standardization of oriental medicine to prevent its over-utilization and unmet need, enforcing the roles of oriental medicine in the markets, enhancing the appropriate health care utilization, and expanding provision and sharing the health care information to reduce unnecessary health care utilization.

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