Background: The unmet needs for health care have been used as an alternative measurement to monitor equity in health services. We sought to examine contextual influences on unmet needs for health care whereas precedent studies have been focused on individual characteristics on them. Methods and Findings: The current study conducted multilevel logistic regression analysis to assess the effects of individual- and contextual-level predictors in meeting individual health care needs in South Korea. We sampled 7,200 individuals over the age of 19 in the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2009. Included in the regression model were individual predictors such as demographic variables, socio-economic status, and self...
care utilization and costs among medical-aid enrollees, the poor not enrolled in medical-aid, and th...
The global financial crisis of 2008 has led to the reinforcement of patient cost sharing in health c...
The global financial crisis of 2008 has led to the reinforcement of patient cost sharing in health c...
BACKGROUND: The unmet needs for health care have been used as an alternative measurement to monitor ...
Background: The unmet needs for health care have been used as an alternative measurement to monitor ...
The unmet needs for health care have been used as an alternative measurement to monitor equity in he...
Objectives The purpose of this study was to estimate the mediating effect of subjective unmet health...
Background: Studies on the effects of poverty on unmet medical needs are limited. Therefore, this st...
Abstract Background To ensure equal access to necessary care regardless of an individual’s socioecon...
It has been 30 years since the nation's health insurance system was settled for the entire nation. M...
BACKGROUND: Although government has implemented medical-aid policy that provides assistance to the p...
This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of unmet need based on both subjective assess...
Background The public health care system in South Korea is a two-tiered system. The...
BACKGROUND: The Korean government has established community health centers (CHC) since the end of th...
Background: As life expectancy has increased overall, health-related quality of life is now more imp...
care utilization and costs among medical-aid enrollees, the poor not enrolled in medical-aid, and th...
The global financial crisis of 2008 has led to the reinforcement of patient cost sharing in health c...
The global financial crisis of 2008 has led to the reinforcement of patient cost sharing in health c...
BACKGROUND: The unmet needs for health care have been used as an alternative measurement to monitor ...
Background: The unmet needs for health care have been used as an alternative measurement to monitor ...
The unmet needs for health care have been used as an alternative measurement to monitor equity in he...
Objectives The purpose of this study was to estimate the mediating effect of subjective unmet health...
Background: Studies on the effects of poverty on unmet medical needs are limited. Therefore, this st...
Abstract Background To ensure equal access to necessary care regardless of an individual’s socioecon...
It has been 30 years since the nation's health insurance system was settled for the entire nation. M...
BACKGROUND: Although government has implemented medical-aid policy that provides assistance to the p...
This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of unmet need based on both subjective assess...
Background The public health care system in South Korea is a two-tiered system. The...
BACKGROUND: The Korean government has established community health centers (CHC) since the end of th...
Background: As life expectancy has increased overall, health-related quality of life is now more imp...
care utilization and costs among medical-aid enrollees, the poor not enrolled in medical-aid, and th...
The global financial crisis of 2008 has led to the reinforcement of patient cost sharing in health c...
The global financial crisis of 2008 has led to the reinforcement of patient cost sharing in health c...