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Effect of socioeconomic status and national health insurance registration on the use of medical service
Learning Areas:
Public health administration or related administrationPublic health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Identify the gap of the use of medical service between social classes. Analyze the effects of national health insurance registration the use of medical service. Develop national healthcare policy for reducing health disparities in terms of accessibility of health service.
Keyword(s): Health Disparities/Inequities, Accessibility
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been actively involved with Public Health research, particularly in the areas of health disparity including adolescents, working adults, elders, and military personnel. I have also been the principal and co-principal of researches funded from the Korean Hospital Association, Yuhan Pharmaceutical, and the Korean Department of Defense. I recently participated in the oral presentation and received an ‘Excellence in Research’ award from the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.