General Internists' Perspectives Regarding Primary Care and Currently Related Issues in Korea

Although primary care has been recognized as an essential element of the healthcare system, the primary healthcare of Korea has not been highly valued. Listening to the voices of physicians who are engaged in primary care should be the first step for improving the level of primary care in Korea. In...

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Main Authors: Lee, Jin Yong, Eun, Sang Jun, Ock, Minsu, Kim, Hyun Joo, Lee, Hyeon-Jeong, Son, Woo-Seung, Jo, Min-Woo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4414634/
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spelling pubmed-44146342015-05-01 General Internists' Perspectives Regarding Primary Care and Currently Related Issues in Korea Lee, Jin Yong Eun, Sang Jun Ock, Minsu Kim, Hyun Joo Lee, Hyeon-Jeong Son, Woo-Seung Jo, Min-Woo Original Article Although primary care has been recognized as an essential element of the healthcare system, the primary healthcare of Korea has not been highly valued. Listening to the voices of physicians who are engaged in primary care should be the first step for improving the level of primary care in Korea. In this study, we conducted a questionnaire survey of general internists to investigate their perspectives regarding primary care, and which included the evaluation of current primary care, perception of the five, key attributes of primary care, and their opinions regarding the management system of chronic diseases. A total of 466 general internists' responses were used in this analysis. The results showed that primary care is considered to have an important role, according to general internists, although their evaluation of the overall status of primary care in Korea indicated that it is poor. The respondents also indicated that the functions of coordination and comprehensiveness in primary care, which can be integral for treating patients with chronic diseases, are most vulnerable. Given the high level of agreement regarding the need for a new medical management system for chronic diseases, based on physicians' autonomy and provided by clinics, establishing a policy encouraging the participation of general internists should be emphasized. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2015-05 2015-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4414634/ /pubmed/25931781 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2015.30.5.523 Text en © 2015 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Lee, Jin Yong
Eun, Sang Jun
Ock, Minsu
Kim, Hyun Joo
Lee, Hyeon-Jeong
Son, Woo-Seung
Jo, Min-Woo
spellingShingle Lee, Jin Yong
Eun, Sang Jun
Ock, Minsu
Kim, Hyun Joo
Lee, Hyeon-Jeong
Son, Woo-Seung
Jo, Min-Woo
General Internists' Perspectives Regarding Primary Care and Currently Related Issues in Korea
author_facet Lee, Jin Yong
Eun, Sang Jun
Ock, Minsu
Kim, Hyun Joo
Lee, Hyeon-Jeong
Son, Woo-Seung
Jo, Min-Woo
author_sort Lee, Jin Yong
title General Internists' Perspectives Regarding Primary Care and Currently Related Issues in Korea
title_short General Internists' Perspectives Regarding Primary Care and Currently Related Issues in Korea
title_full General Internists' Perspectives Regarding Primary Care and Currently Related Issues in Korea
title_fullStr General Internists' Perspectives Regarding Primary Care and Currently Related Issues in Korea
title_full_unstemmed General Internists' Perspectives Regarding Primary Care and Currently Related Issues in Korea
title_sort general internists' perspectives regarding primary care and currently related issues in korea
description Although primary care has been recognized as an essential element of the healthcare system, the primary healthcare of Korea has not been highly valued. Listening to the voices of physicians who are engaged in primary care should be the first step for improving the level of primary care in Korea. In this study, we conducted a questionnaire survey of general internists to investigate their perspectives regarding primary care, and which included the evaluation of current primary care, perception of the five, key attributes of primary care, and their opinions regarding the management system of chronic diseases. A total of 466 general internists' responses were used in this analysis. The results showed that primary care is considered to have an important role, according to general internists, although their evaluation of the overall status of primary care in Korea indicated that it is poor. The respondents also indicated that the functions of coordination and comprehensiveness in primary care, which can be integral for treating patients with chronic diseases, are most vulnerable. Given the high level of agreement regarding the need for a new medical management system for chronic diseases, based on physicians' autonomy and provided by clinics, establishing a policy encouraging the participation of general internists should be emphasized.
publisher The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
publishDate 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4414634/
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