Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
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An Evaluation of a Patient Referral System using Intervention Analysis

시계열 개입 분석을 이용한 환자의뢰제도의 개입효과 평가

  • Cho, Woo-Hyun (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Hae-Jong (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Sohn, Myong-Sei (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Nam, Chung-Mo (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yu, Seung-Hum (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • 조우현 (연세대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 이해종 (연세대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 손명세 (연세대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 남정모 (연세대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 유승흠 (연세대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Published : 1989.06.01
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to introduce the methodology of intervention analysis with time series data and to investigate the influence of the patient referral system on medical care utilization in Kangwha county. The data were obtained at the Kangwha Medical Inurance Society and we analysed the material based on the outpatient care fee. The results were as fellows: 1. The average outpatient care utilization in the hospital decreased by 41.7% due to the patient referral system. 2. The utilization of the health instituation increased by 278.8 persons per month due to the patient referral system. 3. The patient referral system did not influence the total outpatient are utilization. The methodology of intervention analysis, which detected the effect of intervention, will be helpful to the study of public health area.

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