일부 농천지역 노인들의 의료이용에 관한 연구 = Medical care utilization patterns of the rural elderly

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

To find out the state of illness, patterns of medical care utilization, and factors which determine medical care utilization for the aged face-to-face interview survey was carried out for 4,410 the rural elderly who live in the Jeonbuk province from July 1.2000 to Sep, 30. The major findings of this study were as follows; 1. The morbidity rate of chronic illness during last 3 months was 53.7% for all surveyed the elderly; 59.9 for female and 48.0 for male. 2. As expected, 80 years old or above group showed the highest morbidity rate, 59.6% and the 65-69 years age group was the lowest, 49.1%. 3. The elderly whose family income is less than 490,000 won per month, and who receive benefits from the public medical assistance program had relative higher morbidity rate than other groups and the difference was statistically significant(p<0.01). 4. The most frequent chronic illness was arthritis disease and hypertensions, 33.3% and 25.1%. Need of medical care utilization of the elderly for 2 weeks is 51.2% and satisfaction of medical care utilization of the elderly is 83.8%. 5. 38.1% of 1,876 persons who were suffering from chronic illness were in need of medical care but unmet; among the remaining 61.9% who utilized medical care. 6. The elderly who are medical aid and whose family size is 1 less then per month zhowed relative higher utilization rate than other groups and the difference was statistically significant(p<0.01). 7. The most common reason why the aged did not utilize, in spite of, need medical care was tolerable symptom, 76.2%.