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Employment Status and Self-Reported Unmet Healthcare Needs among South Korean Employees
- Title
- Employment Status and Self-Reported Unmet Healthcare Needs among South Korean Employees
- Authors
- Ha, Rangkyoung; Jung-Choi, Kyunghee; Kim, Chang-Yup
- Ewha Authors
- 최경희
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 최경희
- Issue Date
- 2019
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
- ISSN
- 1660-4601
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH vol. 16, no. 1
- Keywords
- employment status; precarious workers; self-reported unmet healthcare needs; barriers to healthcare utilization
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Indexed
- SCIE; SSCI; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- We aimed to examine the association between employment status and self-reported unmet healthcare needs and to identify factors influencing self-reported unmet healthcare needs by employment status. Nationally representative data from the 2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used. Participants were classified by employment status as either permanent or precarious workers. Explanatory variables included sociodemographic, labor-related, and health-related factors. Multivariate logistic regression ascertained the association between employment status and self-reported unmet healthcare needs and explanatory factors associated with self-reporting of unmet healthcare needs. Precarious workers had a higher prevalence of self-reported unmet healthcare needs than permanent workers, with a statistically significant odds ratio (OR) (1.74; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.19-2.54). Male precarious workers working >40 h per week were more likely to self-report unmet needs than male precarious workers working <40 h (OR, 3.90; 95% CI, 1.40-10.87). Female precarious workers with a lower household income were about twice as likely to self-report unmet needs. Working hours and household income were significantly influential factors determining self-reporting of unmet healthcare needs, especially among precarious workers. Policy interventions to improve access to healthcare for precarious workers are needed.
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph16010009
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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