Effects of Visiting Nursing Services in Long-term Care Insurance on Utilization of Health Care
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
;
: 272-283, 2016.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-60241
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This is a comparative study using secondary data from the Korean national long term care (LTC) insurance.METHODS:
Visiting nursing (VN) service users (n=666) and non-users (n=4,375) were extracted and compared in terms of medical expenditures, length of hospitalization, and annual number of ambulatory care visits to investigate effects of VN services in LTC.RESULTS:
Total health care expenditures were compared between the two groups and it was found that VN service users spent about $ 1700 than non-users for their medical costs between 2009 and 2011. The average length of in-hospital stay for VN service users was 19.4 days shorter than that of non-users. However, using VN services did not significantly influence the annual number of ambulatory care visits.CONCLUSION:
The study has found that VN services are effective ways of providing community-based LTC services. We recommend LTC policy makers to further utilize VN services to deliver cost effective health care services.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Outpatients
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Administrative Personnel
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Nursing
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Health Care Costs
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Health Expenditures
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Insurance, Long-Term Care
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Long-Term Care
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Delivery of Health Care
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Ambulatory Care
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Hospitalization
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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