Analyzing the Effectiveness of Data-Linked Projects for Health Promotion in Public Health Centers of South Korea.

Purpose: The purpose of this study lies in verifying the effectiveness of the health promotion project which the public health center at the local level conducted by systematically linking the health examination results from the Health Insurance Corporation. We intend to emphasize the importance of linking the health-related public data.

Methods: A survey was conducted to measure the effect of improving health behavior using EQ-5D-5L and demographic variables.

Factors influencing the health satisfaction of users of public health and medical institutions in South Korea.

Introduction: In this study, we investigated the health satisfaction levels of users of regional health and medical institutions in South Korea and the influencing factors.

Methods: We included randomly selected 300 people with experience in using health and medical institutions from panel data targeting the entire nation. We used questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) and sociodemographic characteristics to analyze the health satisfaction.

Comparative Analysis of Factors Affecting Quality of Community-Based Care Services in Korea.

Aging societies have an increased need for care services. To solve the problem of care, we suggest community care, through which medical services are provided that meet individual needs. Korea provides care services in advance of the community care project and implements quality control to improve the quality of these social services.

Healthy City Project: An application of data envelopment analysis.

Purpose: The importance of Korea's Healthy City Project has recently increased due to the growth of the elderly population and chronic diseases. Consequently, local governments are expanding the project to manage health at the local level; however, because local government resources are limited, efficient business operation is required. Thus, the purpose of this study is to present a plan for effective project management by developing a strategy for a Healthy City Project that is suitable for the scale of local governments.

How Should the Social Service Quality Evaluation in South Korea Be Verified? Focusing on Community Care Services.

The quality evaluation (QE) of social services tends to have a large variation in results depending on the object and method of service measurement. To overcome these limitations, an analysis of the internal consistency or validity of the social service QE index is necessary, but meta-research on this is insufficient. This study analyzes the internal consistency and validity of evaluation indexes based on the results of social service QE.

Does Health Promotion Program Affect Local Resident' Emotions?

Healthy cities continuously attempt to improve residents' health. Health is affected by psychological factors, such as happiness and emotions. Therefore, this study investigates the effects of healthy city program performance on individuals' emotions, as well as the correlation between healthy city program performance and emotions using personal happiness index as a parameter.

Subjective health status of multimorbidity: verifying the mediating effects of medical and assistive devices.

Background: This study aimed to verify the mediating effect of using assistive devices as a factor that alleviates the relationship between multimorbidity and subjective health status.

Methods: This study used three-year data (2011-2013) from the Korea Health Panel (KHP). The data were jointly collected by the consortium of the National Health Insurance Service and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs.

Social Network Analysis in the Legislative Process in the Korean Medical Device Industry.

This study analyzes the legislation process of the Korean government regarding the development of the medical device industry in the perspective of the issue network. It also aims to identify the difference in network structure between conservative and progressive governments and analyze major issues and stakeholders. It examines the network structure in the legislation process of the government to develop and support the medical device industry through social network analysis (SNA).

Innovative Distribution Priorities for the Medical Devices Industry in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Purpose: This study aimed to set priorities for improving the medical device distribution structure and to suggest an innovative improvement plan for the distribution structure using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method, focusing on stakeholders in the medical device industry.

Methods: This study conducted a survey with 35 specialists using the AHP method, which is a multiple-criteria decisionmaking methodology, in order to set priorities for improvement plans to address the problems faced by the medical device distribution structure.

Results: The AHP analysis showed that supply stability was the most important factor, followed by greater transparency, efficiency, smart supply, and cost reduction.

Full-face augmentation using Tissuefill mixed with platelet-rich plasma: "Q.O.Fill".

Background: Hyaluronic acid fillers have become popular soft tissue filler augmentation agents over the past several years. Q.O.

Private health insurance and catastrophic health expenditures of households with cancer patients in South Korea.

This study examines the effects of private health insurance (PHI) on the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) for households with a patient with cancer. This study uses 1-year data from 2013 and households with cancer patients as the unit of research rather than individual household members. The sample thus includes 468 households with members with cancer who also used emergency, outpatient and hospitalisation services.

Outcome of facial rejuvenation with polydioxanone thread for Asians.

Background: Techniques in rejuvenating the aging face have evolved, involving various types of threads. Facial rejuvenation with absorbable polydioxanone is popular in aesthetic clinics in Korea.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to describe our polydioxanone thread method and to evaluate the outcomes of facial rejuvenation.

Perception of Community on Attachment and Resilience According to Closing of Hospitals.

This study includes a comparison analysis of how community resilience and its influence factor of community attachment were changed before and after the closing of the hospital in the rural community. In order to analyze the influence factors of healthcare and medical vulnerability on community resilience, as well as the mean difference from before and after the closing of the hospital, this study conducted matching sample t test, hierarchical regression analysis, difference in differences (DID) analysis. The results indicate that community attachment consists of such factors as closeness, preference, affective bond, and identity, and they showed significance in confidence.

Effect of carrier injection stress in thin film solar cells by impedance spectroscopy.

In amorphous silicon solar cells, degradation is directly related to V(oc), FF and cell performance. The dependence of the stability of thin film amorphous silicon solar cells is studied in terms of the volume fraction of B2H6 in the p-layer. When the volume fraction of B2H6 is increased by an order of magnitude, the doping-induced defects tend to increase quite rapidly.