농촌의료에 관한 연구

Abstract

For appraising the current status on medical care of rural population, the studies were conducted during 1 year period from September, 1963, through August, 1964, among around 3,000 farm-households, sampled by area sampling method. In this survey, three times of interviewing at each month were carried out at farmhouseholds sampled respectively by interviewers, consisted of public health nurses of each administrative units. As a result, following conclusions were obtained: 1. Living status; Average farm-size per household sampled stood at 2,979±830 Pyong: 43.4% of pop· ulation were primary school educated; 89.4% did not read any newspapers. 2. Medical expenditure by disease classification; Total medical expenses for the diseases of digestive system were the largest amount and for congenital malformation were the smallest during the year surveyed, while the expenses per case for neoplasms were the largest amount with 1,470±768 Won and for senility and ill-defined conditions were the smallest with 333±21 Won. 3. Medical expenditure by months; The expenses per case during August were the largest amount with 237±108 Won and those during November were the smallest with 59±34 Won, showing more during winter and summer and less during spring and fall. 4. Medical expenditure by type of medical care; The expenses per case for hospitalization were the largest amount with 3,731±1,964 Won and those for health centers were the smallest with 7±3 Won. 5. Medical expenditure during the year; Compared with the expenses among urban population, it was found less with 315.9 Won per capita. 6. Medical expenditure by age group; The expenses per case in 30-34 year group were found the largest amount and smaller among population of age groups as lower than age of 10 and higher than age of 70. 7. Medical expenditure by farming size; The Medical expenses for 4,501-6,000 Pyong-farming-households were found the largest amount with 223±171 Won and those of no farming were the smallest with 136 ±84 Won, showing steady increase in proportion to the farming size. 8. Medical expenditure by educational status; The expenses for the college educated were found the largest amount with 306±196 Won and the smallest for the pre-schooling with 98±57 Won, showing gradual incerase in proportion to education level except for the primary school educated.