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Analysis of Consumer's Recognition and Satisfaction for the Improvement of the Doctor-Designation System

선택 진료 제도 개선을 위한 소비자 인식도와 만족도

  • Im, Bock-Hee (Dept. of Healthcare Management, Catholic University of Pusan)
  • 임복희 (부산가톨릭대학교 병원경영학과)
  • Received : 2014.03.11
  • Accepted : 2014.06.20
  • Published : 2014.06.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the recognition of citizens in Busan on the doctor-designation system, the awareness of medical consumers with experience of using this system and their satisfaction in an effort to seek ways of improving this system. The subjects in this study were the selected citizens in Busan who were at the age of 20 and up. As a result, it's found that the largest group of the respondents was female, in their 20s, received college or higher education, students and in the service industry, and that the most common monthly mean income was between two and 2.99 million won. 27.7 percent were aware of the doctor-designation system, and 23.7 percent became cognizant of the system through others who had used it. The rate of knowing the rules of the doctor-designation system (the right answer) stood at 66.3 percent. They got to know about the system through mass media(31.9%), and used it since it offered highly specialized treatment(57.5%). The respondents who had used it intended to reuse it(76.3%), and the reason was that they were provided with high-class medical services (35.2%). The respondents who had used this system got a mean of 2.96 in satisfaction level, which was not high in general. They mentioned more publicity efforts(91.2%), offering information in a conspicuous place (96.7%) and cutting doctor-designation treatment fee as a means of improving this system. As for how to ensure the operating efficiency of the system, sustained publicity seem to be necessary to raise awareness of the system among patients, and it's required to take measures to relieve patients of financial burden caused by medical bills.

본 연구는 부산시민을 대상으로 선택진료제도에 대한 인식도와 선택진료의 경험이 있는 의료소비자에게 제도 인식율과 만족도 결과에 따른 개선방안을 도출하여 효과적인 선택진료 제도 운영에 필요한 기초자료 제공을 위하여 만 20세 이상 부산시민들을 연구대상자로 설문조사를 실시하여 분석한 결과, 여성, 20대, 대졸이상, 학생과 서비스직종, 월 평균소득은 200~299만원에서 가장 많은 분포를 보였다. 선택진료를 인지하고 있는 사람은 27.7%이고, 선택진료 경험자에 의한 인지율은 23.7%였다. 선택진료제도의 규칙에 대한 실제 인식율(정답율)은 전체 평균 66.3%이며 제도를 알게 된 경로는 대중매체를 통해서(31.9%)이며, 전문성이 높은 진료(57.5%)이기 때문에 선택진료를 이용하였다. 이들 대상자들은 재이용할 의사가 있다(76.3%)는 의견을 보였고 사유는 고급의료를 제공(35.2%)받기 때문이라는 결과를 보였다. 선택진료경험자의 만족도 전체 평균은 2.96점으로 만족도가 대체로 높지 않은 결과를 보였으며, 선택진료제도 개선을 위해서는 홍보강화(91.2%), 환자가 보기 쉬운 곳에 안내문 비치(96.7%), 선택진료비용 줄임(85.7%), 진료약관설명을 상세히할 것(65.4%)을 제시하여 효과적인 제도운영을 위해서는 지속적인 홍보를 통한 환자의 인식율 제고와 아울러 환자의 의료비 부담을 경감시킬 수 있는 제도적 전환이 필요할 것이다.

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