Solitary and Social Drinking in South Korea: An Exploratory Study.

Objectives: This study aimed to identify differences in drinking norms, heavy drinking, and motives between types of drinkers (abstainers, solitary, and social drinkers) in a representative sample of Korean adults.

Methods: An online survey of people registered on the electoral roll were randomly invited to be part of the "National Korean Drinking Culture Study" conducted in 2018 ( = 3,015). Participants included 1,532 men and 1,469 women aged 19-60 years.

Predictors Affecting the Elderly's Use of Emergency Medical Services.

Objectives: Elderly adults are the demographic most likely to utilize emergency medical services (EMS). This study aimed to examine the difference in EMS utilization in subgroups of the elderly population by assessing the predictors for using EMS.

Methods: Using both descriptive and logistic regression analyses, this study analyses data from the 2014 Korean Health Panel Survey ( = 3,175).

Equity in the utilization of physician and inpatient hospital services: evidence from Korean health panel survey.

Background: Little is known regarding equity in health care utilization among Koreans since 2008. This study examines the extent to which equity in the use of health care services has been achieved in Korea.

Methods: Descriptive and logistic regression analysis was performed.

Equity of access under Korean national long-term care insurance: implications for long-term care reform.

Background: The national long-term care insurance was implemented in July 2008. Few studies have been conducted with representative national survey data since the long-term care insurance was introduced. Therefore, this study examines the extent to which equity in the use of long-term care has been achieved in Korea.

Health status and health services utilization in elderly Koreans.

Background: Korea is aging faster than any other country as the 'baby boomers' grow older. The purpose of this study is to describe the health status and health services utilization of older Koreans and examine the factors that are associated with effective health services utilization.

Methods: Based on the 2008 Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing which was conducted with Korean men and women aged 45 years or older, descriptive and logistic regression analysis was performed.

Equity of access under Korean universal health insurance.

This study examined the extent to which equity in the use of physician services has been achieved in the Republic of Korea. Descriptive and logistic regression analysis was performed examining the relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variables and the relative importance of factors. The results indicate that a universal health insurance system has not yielded a fully equitable distribution of services.

Equity of access to primary care among older adults in Incheon, South Korea.

The present study examines the extent to which equity in the use of physician services for the elderly has been achieved in Incheon, Korea. It is based on the Aday and Andersen Access Framework. The results indicate that a universal health insurance system has not yielded a fully equitable distribution of services.