The Health Care Needs of Local Residents in Korea

Background/Objectives: This study is to utilize the health services of N- citizens as a basic data for establishing the 7th Regional Health Plan (2018 ~ 2022) respectively.

Methods/Statistical Analysis: Tools for measuring the health care needs of the subjects were revised and supplemented by the tools of the Community Health Survey. Data was collected through a questionnaire from August 1 to August 21, 2018. Although 447 questionnaires were collected, 403 questionnaires were used for data analysis, except for 44 which were not clear or missing. The collected data were analyzed with the SPSS 18.0 program.

Findings: The result showed that the overall health service level was 2.90 out of 4.0, and the kindness of staff in the sub - area was the highest with 3.32 points, followed by medical service level 2.86, modernization of facilities 2.77, and excellence in equipment 2.69 points. The total health care needs of the subjects were 3.38 out of 4.0, health care services and health promotion services were 3.41 points higher respectively. As a result of analyzing the difference between total health care need, health care service, health promotion service, elderly health service, maternal & child health service by general characteristics, only gender and total health care demand showed statistically significant differences(t=-2.095, p=.037). The result showed that there was positive correlation of the total health care need, health care service(r=.862, p<.01), health promotion service(r=.849, p<.01), elderly health service(r=.868, p<.01), maternal & child health service(r=.856, p<.01) in citizens of N city.

Improvements/Applications: Development of a health promotion program is needed to improve the population’s health potential and the ability to overcome the risk factors of the disease.