Unmet healthcare needs depending on employment status

Highlights • 22.9% of in Korean respondents said they had failed at least once to have a medical treatment or checkup despite the need. They experienced unmet healthcare needs due to reasons such as economic burden (22.3%) and no time to spare (39.1%). • Non-regular waged workers were more likely to...

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Published inHealth policy (Amsterdam) Vol. 119; no. 7; pp. 899 - 906
Main Authors Lee, Sang-Yi, Kim, Chul-Woung, Kang, Jeong-Hee, Seo, Nam-Kyu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.07.2015
Subjects
Adult
Diseases
Employment
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Female
Health administration
Health policy
Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data
Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data
Housework
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Middle Aged
Retirement
Socioeconomic Factors
South Korea
Surveys
Time Factors
Unmet healthcare needs
Unmet healthcare needs
Employment
South Korea
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Summary:Highlights • 22.9% of in Korean respondents said they had failed at least once to have a medical treatment or checkup despite the need. They experienced unmet healthcare needs due to reasons such as economic burden (22.3%) and no time to spare (39.1%). • Non-regular waged workers were more likely to have an unmet need for healthcare due to “economic burden” than regular waged workers. • On the other hand, regular waged workers were less likely to receive necessary healthcare services due to “no time to spare” than non-regular waged workers and economically inactive people.
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ISSN:0168-8510
1872-6054
DOI:10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.09.007