Journal of agricultural medicine and community health (농촌의학ㆍ지역보건)

Korean Society for Rural Medicine and Community Health (한국농촌의학지역보건학회)
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Health Status and Medical Utilization of Women in Rural Area

농촌지역 여성의 건강수준과 의료이용에 대한 연구

  • Shin, Hyung-Chul (Dept. Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Kwandong University) ;
  • Kang, Ji-Young (School of Social Welfare, Yonsei University) ;
  • Park, Woong-Sub (Dept. Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Kwandong University) ;
  • Kim, Sang-A (Dept. Silver Welfare, Dong Seoul College)
  • 신형철 (관동대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 강지영 (연세대학교 사회복지대학원) ;
  • 박웅섭 (관동대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 김상아 (동서울대학 실버복지학과)
  • Published : 2009.06.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This study was conducted to examine health inequality for gender and region in Korea. Especially it focused on health status such as disease prevalence and medical utilization of rural women. Methods: Data from the Korea national health and nutrition survey in 2001 were used. The final sample size was 37,108 individuals with age 20 and over. This study applied the logistic regression for nominal variables such as disease prevalence and unmet care needs and with the regression for continuos variables such as the length and costs of medical services. Results: Rates of disease prevalence and unmet care needs for chronic disease in rural area are higher than those in middle cities and big cities, and regional differences of those for women are more than those for mens with controlling ages. There could be interaction effect with region and sex. Conclusions: This study suggests that health policy maker should take consider of special status of rural women who are in health inequality.

우리나라 20세 이상 성인 37,108명을 대상으로 농촌여성들의 건강수준과 의료이용을 중심으로 분석한 결과, 여성의 만성질환의 유병률과 미치료율이 남성보다 높고, 농촌지역의 유병율과 미치료율이 대도시지역보다 높게 분석되었다. 그리고 만성질환 유병률과 미치료율의 지역별 차이는 남성에서보다 여성에서 더 큰 것으로 분석되었다. 의료이용에 대해서도 비슷한 경향을 관찰하였으나 통계적으로 유의한 수준에는 미치지 않았다. 따라서 농촌지역 여성의 건강수준이 낮음에도 불구하고 적절한 의료이용을 하지 못하는 건강불평등 상태에 있을 가능성을 보여주었다. 그러므로 건강불평등을 해소시키기 위해서는 농촌지역에 대한 정책적 배려 이외에도 농촌여성에 대한 배려가 추가로 고려되어야 할 것으로 보인다. 그러나 이 연구는 성별, 지역별 차이를 분석함에 있어 연령이 외에 건강수준과 의료이용에 영향을 미치는 다양한 환경적, 경제적, 사회적 요인을 통제한 것이 아니기 때문에 해석에 주의가 필요하다. 또한 진료비용 자체가 의료서비스의 질을 대표한다고는 볼 수 없다. 따라서 후속연구에서는 이러한 다양한 변수들이 통제된 성별, 지역간 건강수준과 의료이용의 차이에 대한 분석과 농촌지역의 의료서비스의 질에 대한 연구가 수행되어야 할 것이다.

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