A study on the morbidity status in a Korean rural community, Su-Dong Myun, Nam Yang-Ju Gun, Kyung-Gi Do was carried out, through analyzing the medical records of Su-Dong Myun Health Subcenter during the period of January to December, 1983 and the foll...
A study on the morbidity status in a Korean rural community, Su-Dong Myun, Nam Yang-Ju Gun, Kyung-Gi Do was carried out, through analyzing the medical records of Su-Dong Myun Health Subcenter during the period of January to December, 1983 and the following results were obtained.
1) Population of Su-Dong Myun was 5,040 composed of 2,561 male and 2,479 female and the sex ratio was 103.3.
2) Population of Su-Dong Myun by age was composed of 31.5% age group of 0-14, 47.1% age group of 15-49 and 21.4% age group of 50 and over. and dependency rate of Su-Dong Myun Population was 77.1% in 1983.
3) The number of new patients visited to Su-Dong Myun Health Subcenter was 2,811 composed of 51.9% male and 48.1% female during the year of 1983.
4) Annual utilization rate in total was 557.7 per 1,000 population and 570.1 for male and 545.0 for female, and the highest age specific utilization rate was 1,807.6 per 1,000 in the age group of 0-4 and lowest was 242.4 per 1,000 in the age group of 20-24.
5) The order of five major diseases was Diseases of the Respiratory System (36.8%), Diseases of Digestive System (21.1%), Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous (14.3%), Accidents, Poisonings, and Violence (11.4%) and Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs (8.4%).
6) The average visiting time of out-patients in the Health Subcenter was 1.60 per case. The range of average visiting times of diseases was 1.00 to 5.02.
7) The monthly distribution of out-patients visited to Su-Dong Myun Health Subcenter was shown the highest rate in August (71.0) and the lowest in February (37.1) per 1,000 poulation.
8) The annual inhabitant utilization rate by Rie was the highest in Ribsouk 3 Rie (842.4), and the lowest in Gidoon Rie(249.4) per 1,000.
9) The proportion of medical fee of patients visited to Health Subcenter by sources were 66.4% of patients paid by Su-Dong Myun Community Health Development Association and patient self, 17.0% by Medical Insurance Program and 16.6% by Government Medical Aid Program.
10) Average medical fee per first visiting was 2,763±863(₩) and average medical fee per case was 4,002±3,701(₩).