성인의 치과건강보험 인식과 영향 요인 연구

• Published in: Han'guk Ch'iwisaeng Hakhoe chi Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 771 - 783
• Main Authors: 이경희, Kyeong-hee Lee, 이새봄, Sae-bom Lee, 정은영, Eun-young Jung, 조은별, Eun-byeol Jo, 정은서, Eun-seo Jung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국치위생학회 31.10.2018
• Subjects: Adults; Awareness; Dental; Health insurance; Satisfaction; 건강보험; 만족도; 성인; 인식; 치과; 치의학
• ISSN: 2287-1705; 2288-2294
• DOI: 10.13065/jksdh.20180066

Objectives: This study aimed to identify methods that help medical consumers to be aware of relevant information regarding changes in dental health insurance policy. Methods: The following results were obtained from a survey regarding awareness and satisfaction with dental health insurance policy among the general public aged 20 years or older in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, and other areas from August 1, 2017 to August 23, 2017. Results: The correlation between adults’ awareness of and satisfaction with dental health insurance was 0.471, where satisfaction with dental health insurance was enhanced with increasing awareness of dental health insurance (p<0.001). Factors that significantly affected awareness of dental health insurance were marriage (married p<0.05), medical service (dental university hospital, p<0.01), and satisfaction with dental health insurance (p<0.001); these factors explained 29.2% of the variance. Factors that significantly affected satisfaction with dental health insurance were final education (high school graduation, p<0.05), medical service (dental hospital, p<0.05), and awareness of dental health insurance (p<0.001); these factors explained 27.8% of the variance. Conclusions: Importantly, awareness of the government’s operation of dental health insurance and the benefits of such dental health insurance were low, suggesting that the government and national health insurance agency should improve the level of transparency in dental health insurance operations and continuously promote dental health insurance benefits to the public.