Moon-Doo Kim, Seong-Chul Hong, Chang-In Lee, Suyoung Kim, Im-Ok Kang, Sang‐Yi Lee,
<i>Background:</i> Most studies on caregiver burden have been conducted in Western countries, while few studies on the correlates of caregiver burden have been performed in Korea. <i>Objective:</i> To suggest better policies for the care of dementia patients by using a nationwide database to identify factors that affect caregiver burden in Korea. <i>Methods:</i> The database of the Korean National Health Insurance (KNHI) and National Medical Aid (NMA) programs, which covers ...
Tópico(s): Health and Wellbeing Research
2008 - Karger Publishers | Gerontology
Sang‐Yi Lee, Chul-Woung Kim, Nam-Kyu Seo, Seung Eun Lee,
Objectives: Many economically advanced countries have attempted to minimize public expenditures and pursue privatization based on the principles of neo-liberalism.However, Korea has moved contrary to this global trend.This study examines why and how the Korean health care system was formed, developed, and transformed into an integrated, single-insurer, National Health Insurance (NHI) system.Methods: We describe the transition in the Korean health care system using an analytical framework that incorporates ...
Tópico(s): Employment and Welfare Studies
2017 - Elsevier BV | Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
Hyoung Su Park, Don‐Kyu Kim, Sang Yi Lee, Ki‐Hwan Park,
As part of the aging process, multiple oral physiologic changes occur and these changes may cause individuals to reduce food intake or switch the types of food texture. Thus, the need to develop food products for the elderly has increased. To evaluate the suitability of the food products for the elderly, the evaluation method should be verified and it is important to identify the parameters of mastication and swallowing. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the differences of mastication ...
Tópico(s): Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
2017 - Wiley | Journal of Texture Studies
Ok-Ryun Moon, Nam-Soon Kim, Jae‐Heon Kang, Tae‐Ho Yoon, Sang‐Yi Lee, Sin-Jae Lee, Baekgeun Jeong,
Objective : To estimate the socioeconomic costs of obesity in Korea,1998. Methods : The 1998 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(1998 NHNES) data was used and 10,880 persons who had taken health examinations were selected for study. Essential hypertension, NIDDM(non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus), dyslipidemia, osteoarthritis, coronary heart disease, stroke were included as obesity related disease. The data of direct costs of obesity was obtained from the National Federation of Medical ...
Tópico(s): Health and Wellbeing Research
2002 - Korean Society for Preventive Medicine | Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Nam Soon Kim, Ok Ryun Moon, Jae‐Heon Kang, Sang Yi Lee, Baek Geun Jeong, Sin Jae Lee, Tae Ho Yoon, Kyung Hwa Hwang,
Objective : To develop a boner understanding of the relationship between weight status and the prevalence of obesity related diseases in the Korean population. Methods : The 1998 Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey was used and 10,880 persons who had previously taken health examinations were selected for study. The Korean Society for the Study of Obesity's classification of weight status was used. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, osteoarthritis, chronic heart disease, stroke were ...
Tópico(s): Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
2001 - Korean Society for Preventive Medicine | Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Tae Ho Yoon, Ok Ryun Moon, Sang Yi Lee, Baek Geun Jeong, Sin Jae Lee, Nam Sun Kim, Won Ki Jhang,
Objectives : To analyze differences in health behaviors among the social strata in Korea by using the 1995 National Health and Health Behavior Survey Data. Methods : Study Participants numbered 2,352 men and 1,016 women aged between 15-64 years old, with housewives, students and non-waged family workers excluded. Health behaviors in this study were defined according to the recommendations of the Alameda 7 study. The measure of health behaviors was based on the Health Practices Index(HPI; 0-5 range, ...
Tópico(s): Health and Wellbeing Research
2000 - Korean Society for Preventive Medicine | Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Jeong-Hee Kang, Chul-Woung Kim, Sang‐Yi Lee,
The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between nursing workload and nurse-perceived patient adverse events.A total of 1,816 nurses working in general inpatient units of 23 tertiary general hospitals in South Korea were surveyed, and collected data were analyzed through multilevel logistic regression analysis.Among variables related to nursing workload, the non-nursing task experience had an influence on all four types of patient adverse events. Nurses with non-nursing tasks ...
Tópico(s): Nursing education and management
2016 - Elsevier BV | Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
Sang‐Yi Lee, Chul-Woung Kim, Jeong-Hee Kang, Nam-Kyu Seo,
Tópico(s): Health disparities and outcomes
2014 - Elsevier BV | Health Policy
Su Ra Seo, Su Young Kim, Sang‐Yi Lee, Tae‐Ho Yoon, Hyung-Geun Park, Seung Eun Lee, Chul-Woung Kim,
Objectives To date, studies have not comprehensively demonstrated the relationship between stroke incidence and socioeconomic status. This study investigated stroke incidence by household income level in conjunction with age, sex, and stroke subtype in Korea. Methods Contributions by the head of household were used as the basis for income levels. Household income levels for 21 766 036 people were classified into 6 groups. The stroke incidences were calculated by household income level, both overall ...
Tópico(s): Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
2014 - Korean Society for Preventive Medicine | Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Sang-Yi Lee, Chul-Woung Kim, Jeong-Hee Kang, Tae-Ho Yoon, Cheoul Sin Kim,
Objectives: To examine whether the nursing practice environment at the hospital-level affects the job satisfaction and turnover intention of hospital nurses. Methods: Among the 11 731 nurses who participated in the Korea Health and Medical Workers' Union's educational program, 5654 responded to our survey. Data from 3096 nurses working in 185 general inpatient wards at 60 hospitals were analyzed using multilevel logistic regression modeling. Results: Having a standardized nursing process (odds ratio [ ...
Tópico(s): Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
2014 - Korean Society for Preventive Medicine | Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Jeong-Hee Kang, Chul-Woung Kim, Sang-Yi Lee,
Objectives: To evaluate the occurrence of patient adverse events in Korean hospitals as perceived by nurses and examine the correlation between patient adverse events with the nurse practice environment at nurse and hospital level. Methods: In total, 3096 nurses working in 60 general inpatient hospital units were included. A two-level logistic regression analysis was performed. Results: At the hospital level, patient adverse events included patient falls (60.5%), nosocomial infections (51.7%), pressure ...
Tópico(s): Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
2014 - Korean Society for Preventive Medicine | Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Chul-Woung Kim, Sang-Yi Lee, Jeong-Hee Kang, Bo-Hyun Park, Sang-Chul Park, Hyeung-Keun Park, Keon‐Hyung Lee, Yun-Jeong Yi, Baek-Geun Jeong,
Based on the Revised Nursing Work Index (NWI-R), this research aimed to develop a Korean Hospital General Inpatient Unit-Nursing Work Index (KGU-NWI). This study also aimed to compare the common points and differences between the subfactors of the KGU-NWI and the subfactors from previous studies.Based on opinions from 3,151 nurses in Korean hospital general inpatient unit, this research used 57 items of NWI-R and the principal axis factor analysis for deriving subfactors. We evaluated the convergent ...
Tópico(s): Workplace Health and Well-being
2013 - Elsevier BV | Asian Nursing Research
Chul-Woung Kim, Sang‐Yi Lee, Ok-Ryun Moon,
To investigate inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality across income groups in South Korea. After reviewing 2001 data from the Korean National Cancer Registry, and National Health Insurance and National Medical Aid data, 49,277 cancer cases were classified into six income groups. The incidence and 3-year mortality rates of major cancers were calculated separately and as a total. Two composite indices (slope index of inequality and relative index of inequality) were calculated to analyse the ...
Tópico(s): Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
2007 - Elsevier BV | Public Health
Hai-Rim Shin, Kyu‐Won Jung, Young‐Joo Won, Hyun-Joo Kong, Seon-Hee Yim, Joohon Sung, Sun-Won Seo, Ki-Young Kim, Sang-Yi Lee, In-Sik Kong, In Kyoung Hwang, Choong Won Lee, Ze‐Hong Woo, Tae‐Yong Lee, Jin‐Su Choi, Cheol-In Yoo, Jong-Myon Bae, Keun‐Young Yoo,
Since the revised Cancer Act of October 2006, cancer registration was reactivated, based on the Statistics Law.The incidence of cancer during 2002 was calculated on the basis of the information available from the National Cancer Incidence Database. Crude and age-standardized rates were calculated by gender for 18 age groups (0 approximately 4, 5 approximately 9, 10 approximately 14, every five years, 85 years and over).The overall crude incidence rates (CRs) were 269.2 and 212.8 per 100,000 for males ...
Tópico(s): Metastasis and carcinoma case studies
2007 - Korean Cancer Association | Cancer Research and Treatment
Im Ok Kang, Sang‐Yi Lee, Su Young Kim, Chong Yon Park,
Abstract Background Dementia is expected to become a significant social burden in the future. However, there are few reports that have estimated the total economic cost of dementia, particularly according to the limitation in the activities of daily living (ADL) in Korea. Objectives This study is to analyze the health care expenditures and cost per dementia patient, and estimated the total economic cost of dementia. Methods Caregivers of 609 dementia patients, who were randomly selected from a nationwide ...
Tópico(s): Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
2006 - Wiley | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Moon-Doo Kim, Seong-Chul Hong, Sang‐Yi Lee, Young-Sook Kwak, Chang-In Lee, Seung-Wook Hwang, Taekyun Shin, Seungmin Lee, Ji-Nam Shin,
Background: Few controlled studies have examined social class as a risk factor for suicide in Korea. Aim: The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of social class on suicide risk in Korea. Methods: A case-control design was constructed from cause-of-death statistics for the period 1999 to 2001, in Korea, as published by the Korean National Statistical Office. The cases were defined as people aged between 20 and 64 who died by suicide, while the controls were defined as those ...
Tópico(s): Health disparities and outcomes
2006 - SAGE Publishing | International Journal of Social Psychiatry
Sun Ha Jee, Jae Woong Sull, Jungyong Park, Sang‐Yi Lee, Heechoul Ohrr, Eliseo Güallar, Jonathan M. Samet,
Obesity is associated with diverse health risks, but the role of body weight as a risk factor for death remains controversial.We examined the association between body weight and the risk of death in a 12-year prospective cohort study of 1,213,829 Koreans between the ages of 30 and 95 years. We examined 82,372 deaths from any cause and 48,731 deaths from specific diseases (including 29,123 from cancer, 16,426 from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and 3362 from respiratory disease) in relation ...
Tópico(s): Nutritional Studies and Diet
2006 - Massachusetts Medical Society | New England Journal of Medicine
Chul-Woung Kim, Sang‐Yi Lee, Seong‐Chul Hong,
Equity in health care services has been prioritized on the Korean government's policy agenda since the government-driven national health insurance achieved universal coverage in 1989 along with the final inclusion of the self-employed as beneficiaries. The purpose of this study is to identify disparities in the utilization of health care services, especially cancer inpatient services among different income groups in Jeju Island of South Korea. We analyzed the national health insurance data about ...
Tópico(s): Global Health Care Issues
2004 - Elsevier BV | Health Policy
Tae Ho Yoon, Sang‐Yi Lee, Chul-Woung Kim, Su Young Kim, Baekgeun Jeong, Hyeung-Keun Park,
This study explores income inequalities in the utilization of medical care by cancer patients in South Korea, according to type of medical facilities and survival duration. The five-year retrospective cohort study used data drawn from the Korean Cancer Registry, the National Health Insurance database, and the death database of the Korean National Statistical Office. The sample consisted of 43,433 patients diagnosed with cancer in 1999. The authors found significant quantitative inequalities as a ...
Tópico(s): Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
2010 - SAGE Publishing | International Journal of Health Services
Jae Woong Sull, Ji Eun Yun, Sang-Yi Lee, Heechoul Ohrr, Sun Ha Jee, Eliseo Güallar, Jonathan M. Samet,
Obesity has been postulated as contributing to the risk of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. With the surging obesity epidemic, an ensuing epidemic of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and its sequelae is of concern. The objectives of this clinical research study were to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and serum aminotransferase levels.A study was carried out on 1,166,847 Koreans (731,560 men and 435,287 women), 30 to 95 years of age, who received health insurance from the National Health ...
Tópico(s): Diet and metabolism studies
2009 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
Amy Berrington de González, Ji Eun Yun, Sang‐Yi Lee, Alison P. Klein, Sun Ha Jee,
Abstract There is increasing evidence that type 2 diabetes mellitus and glucose intolerance are a cause, not just a consequence, of pancreatic cancer. We examined whether other factors that characterize the insulin resistance syndrome are also risk factors for pancreatic cancer in a prospective cohort study of 631,172 men and women (ages 45+ years) who received health insurance from the Korean Medical Insurance Corporation. The biennial medical evaluations from 1992 to 1995 provided the baseline ...
Tópico(s): Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
2008 - American Association for Cancer Research | Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
Heon Choe, Young Ho Kim, Ji Wan Park, Su Young Kim, Sang‐Yi Lee, Sun Ha Jee,
Tooth loss has been suggested as a potential risk factor for stroke. We conducted a prospective cohort study of stroke in Korea on hypertension, diabetes, smoking, and tooth loss to characterize their independent effects and interactions. The overall risk of stroke and the risk of different subtypes of stroke were evaluated in relation to tooth loss using Cox proportional hazards models among 867,256 Korean men and women, aged 30–95 years, who received health insurance from the National Health Insurance ...
Tópico(s): Dental Radiography and Imaging
2008 - Elsevier BV | Atherosclerosis
Jae‐Hyun Park, Eun‐Cheol Park, Jong Hyock Park, Sung-Gyeong Kim, Sang-Yi Lee,
Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate whether a diagnosis of cancer has an impact on the cancer patients’ job loss and re-employment and to identify the factors affecting job loss and re-employment during 6 years of follow-up of Korean employees with cancer. Patients and Methods All employees except for the self-employed in Korea who were diagnosed with cancer during the 2001 calendar year (n = 5,396) were identified as the first baseline patients and were followed every 3 months over 6 ...
Tópico(s): Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers
2008 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Journal of Clinical Oncology
Jong Hyock Park, Jae Hyun Park, Sang Yi Lee, So Young Kim, Young-Soo Shin, Su Young Kim,
To determine disparities in antihypertensive medication adherence between persons with disabilities and those without disabilities in South Korea.The study compared antihypertensive medication adherence between persons with disabilities and those without disabilities using medical claims data of the National Health Insurance (NHI).We obtained data from claims submitted to the NHI, which covers almost the entire Korean population. Persons who were prescribed antihypertensive medication during the ...
Tópico(s): Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
2008 - Elsevier BV | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Ji Wan Park, Sang‐Yi Lee, Su Young Kim, Heon Choe, Sun Ha Jee,
Obesity is known to be associated with diverse disease outcomes; however, the effect of body weight on the occurrence of stroke remains controversial and has not been studied sufficiently, particularly among Asian populations and among women. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of BMI on the risk of stroke among Korean women.The overall risk of stroke and the risk of different subtypes of stroke were evaluated in relation to BMI using Cox's proportional hazard models among 439, ...
Tópico(s): Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
2008 - Wiley | Obesity
Sun Ha Jee, Ji Wan Park, Sang‐Yi Lee, Byung‐Ho Nam, Hwang Gun Ryu, Su Young Kim, Youn Nam Kim, Ja Kyoung Lee, Sun Mi Choi, Ji Eun Yun,
The objective of this study was to develop the stroke risk prediction model among Korean population with high risk of stroke.The data in this prospective cohort study came from 47,233 stroke events occurring over 13 years among 1,223,740 Koreans, aged 30-84 years, who were insured by the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) and take a biennial medical examination from 1992 to 1995. The Cox proportional Hazard Model was used to develop the Korean Stroke Risk Prediction (KSRP) model for each ...
Tópico(s): Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
2007 - Elsevier BV | Atherosclerosis
Jae Hyun Park, Youngsoo Shin, Sang‐Yi Lee, Sang III Lee,
Context Uncontrolled hypertension attributable to low medication adherence may cause such serious complications as cardiovascular disease and stroke. Objectives To estimate adherence to antihypertensive drug medication of the nation's representative sample in South Korea and to identify factors affecting medication adherence. Data sources We obtained claims data and qualification data of compulsory from the National Health Insurance, which covers almost all Korean, and identified those who got a ...
Tópico(s): Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
2007 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Cardiology
Sang-Yi Lee, Chang-Bae Chun, Yong-Gab Lee, Nam Kyu Seo,
A typology is the useful way of understanding the key frameworks of health care system. With many different criteria of health care system, several typologies have been introduced and applied to each country's health care system. Among those, National Health Service (NHS), Social Health Insurance (SHI), and Private Health Insurance (PHI) are three most well-known types of health care system in the 3-model typology. Differentiated from the existing 3-model typology of health care system, South Korea ...
Tópico(s): Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
2007 - Elsevier BV | Health Policy
Sang‐Yi Lee, Nam Kyu Suh, Jung‐Kook Song,
To explore the determinants of public satisfaction with the National Health Insurance, this study re-analyzed the 2004 public satisfaction survey with the Korean National Health Insurance (KNHI) conducted by Korean National Health Insurance Corporation (KNHIC). One thousand samples were selected with probability proportional to population size (by region/sex/age). The data collected by home-visit interview were transformed into the final data set by matching them to the insured's benefit database and ...
Tópico(s): Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies
2007 - Wiley | The International Journal of Health Planning and Management
Soon Ae Kim, Paul E. Kilgore, Sang-Yi Lee, Batmunkh Nyambat, Moran Ki,
Pneumonia and influenza are leading causes of morbidity and mortality across the globe. Korea has established the national health-insurance system to cover the entire Korean population since 1989. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiologic trends in pneumonia and influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths using the Korean National Health Insurance databases and national vital statistics. During 2002-2005, 989,472 hospitalizations and 10,543 deaths due to pneumonia and influenza ...
Tópico(s): Travel-related health issues
2012 - BioMed Central | Journal of Health Population and Nutrition