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A Study on the Perception of Concurrent Use of Western and Korean Medicine Care and Integrated Medical Service in Korea - Targeting tertiary hospital users -

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J Korean Med. 2022;43(2):51-60
Publication date (electronic) : 2022 June 1
doi : https://doi.org/10.13048/jkm.22019
Sangwoo Seo1,†orcid_icon, Hyungsuk Kim2,†orcid_icon, Seung Hyeun Lee3orcid_icon, Moonkyoo Kong4orcid_icon, Beom-Joon Lee5orcid_icon, Sung Hyuk Heo6orcid_icon, Seung-won Kwon7orcid_icon, Bong Jin Park8orcid_icon, Dong Hwan Yun9orcid_icon, Euiju Lee10orcid_icon, Hyunjoo Oh1orcid_icon, Sung-Bum Kim8orcid_icon, Hye-Sook Choi3orcid_icon, Kwan-Il Kim5orcid_icon, Won-Seok Chung2,orcid_icon
1Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University
2Department of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation, Kyung Hee University, Kyung Hee University
3Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine
4Division of Lung & Head and Neck Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine
5Division of Allergy, Immune and Respiratory System, Department of Internal Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Korean Medicine
6Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University
7Department of Cardiology and Neurology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University
8Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University
9Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University
10Department of Sasang Constitutiional Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University
Correspondence to: Won-Seok Chung, Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital, 23 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Korea, Tel : +82-2-958-9225, Fax : +82-2-958-9294, E-mail : omdluke@khu.ac.kr
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First two authors contributed equally to this study and should be considered as joint first authors.

Received 2022 April 20; Revised 2022 May 23; Accepted 2022 May 25.

Abstract

Objectives

Currently, Korea’s medical services are divided into Western medicine and Korean medicine, and people who are not satisfied with the existing treatments are looking for complementary and alternative medicine(CAM). Therefore, this study attempted to confirm patients' perception of the ongoing collaborative treatment and integrated medical service that added CAM to collaborative treatment based on tertiary hospital users. So that we can confirm the expected advantage and disadvantage of integrated medical service system and the necessity of supporting medical expenses for it.

Methods

The survey was conducted on 100 people who experienced tertiary hospital treatment and other 100 people who experienced both tertiary hospital treatment and Korean medicine treatment at the same period. The survey was conducted until the number of respondents in both group reached 100. The survey was conducted through e-mail and was conducted from September 27, 2021 to October 8, 2021.

Results

For the advantages of collaborative treatment ‘increased in psychological stability,’ and for disadvantages ‘longer time spent for treatment’ were the most common. If integrated medical services are implemented in the future, expected advantages include ‘consideration of various treatments.’ and expected disadvantages include ‘increased medical cost.’ The needs to expand support for health insurance for integrated medical services were 75.5% among responders.

Conclusions

We were able to find out the (expected) advantages and disadvantages of the collaborative medical care and the integrated medical system that medical users experienced or expected, also confirmed positive answers to the expansion of health insurance support for the integrated medical system.

Keywords: Western Medicine; Korean Medicine; Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Integrative Medical Service; Surveys
Fig. 1

Pathological characteristics of people with experience in tertiary care and Korean medicine (multiple choice)(n=100)

Fig. 2

Benefits of tertiary care and korean medicine (n=100)

* The average of Likert scale divided into five steps from very much (5) to not at all (1).

Fig. 3

Disadvantages of tertiary care and korean medicine (n=100)

The average of Likert scale divided into five steps from very much (5) to not at all (1).

Fig. 4

Benefits expected when integrated medical services are established in the future (n=100)

The average of Likert scale divided into five steps from very much (5) to not at all (1).

Fig. 5

Disadvantages expected when integrated medical services are established in the future (n=100)

The average of Likert scale divided into five steps from very much (5) to not at all (1).

Demographic Characteristics of Responders

Acknowledgements

본 연구는 보건복지부의 재원으로 한국보건산업진흥원의 보건의료기술 연구개발사업 지원에 의하여 이루어진 것임(과제고유번호: HI20C1405).

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Fig. 1

Fig. 1

Pathological characteristics of people with experience in tertiary care and Korean medicine (multiple choice)(n=100)

Fig. 2

Fig. 2

Benefits of tertiary care and korean medicine (n=100)

* The average of Likert scale divided into five steps from very much (5) to not at all (1).

Fig. 3

Fig. 3

Disadvantages of tertiary care and korean medicine (n=100)

The average of Likert scale divided into five steps from very much (5) to not at all (1).

Fig. 4

Fig. 4

Benefits expected when integrated medical services are established in the future (n=100)

The average of Likert scale divided into five steps from very much (5) to not at all (1).

Fig. 5

Fig. 5

Disadvantages expected when integrated medical services are established in the future (n=100)

The average of Likert scale divided into five steps from very much (5) to not at all (1).

Table 1

Demographic Characteristics of Responders

Male(Ratio, %) Female(Ratio, %)
Tertiary care hospital only (N = 100) 52 (52.0) 48 (48.0)
Tertiary care hospital with Korean medicine (N = 100) 55 (55.0) 45 (45.0)
Total (N = 200) 107 (53.5) 93 (46.5)