Primary Care Patients' Preference for Hospitals over Clinics in Korea

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Agnus M KimSang Jun Eun

Abstract

Korea is in a unique condition to observe whether patients, when equal access to the levels of health care facilities is guaranteed by the support of the national health insurance, choose the appropriate levels of health care facilities. This study was performed to investigate the primary care patients' preference for hospitals over clinics under no restriction for their choice. We used the 2011 National Inpatient Sample database of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service in Korea. A primary care patient was defined as a patient who visited as an outpatient in health care facilities with one of the 52 minor conditions defined by the Korean government. We found that approximately 15% of outpatient visits of the patients who were eligible for primary care in Korea happened in hospitals. In terms of cost, the outpatient visits in hospitals accounted for about 29% of total cost of outpatient visits. This arbitrary access to hospitals can lead to an inefficient use of health care resources. In order to ensure that health care facilities are stratified in terms of access as well as size and function, interventions to distribute patients to the appropriate level of care are required.

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Jun 23, 2018·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Agnus M KimJin Yong Lee
Jun 12, 2019·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Hyemin JungJin Yong Lee
Aug 23, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Yanchen LiuYan Zhang
Feb 23, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Agnus M KimYoon Kim
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May 1, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·A Jeong KimJu-Yeun Lee
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