This study examines the effects of the public’s perception of emergency medical service (EMS) on the public health system’s brand equity and the moderating effect of governance on this relationship using Keller’s customer-based brand equity model. It uses four EMS functions: rescue/first-aid and transfer activities; disaster prevention, preparation, and response activities; educational activities in urgent situations; and medical treatment in emergency rooms to examine the effects of them on brand meaning of the public health system. Our findings are important for understanding the public as customers of the public health system and devising and/ or adapting healthcare policies and marketing strategies to develop brand equity and increase customers’ loyalty to the public health system.

코로나19 확산으로 개인의 비대면 활동이 증가함에 따라 의료정보를 얻기 위해 의료기관 웹사이트와 모바일 콘텐츠 활용이 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서 제시한 가설들을 검정하기 위해 구조방정식 분석을 실시한 결과, 소형병원 웹사이트와 모바일 콘텐츠의 e-서비스품질의 모든 하위 요인들인 이용편리성, 보안성, 반응성, 디자인성, 의료정보제공성 요인은 관계의 질에 유의한 영향을 미치고 있었으며, 관계의 질은 e-충성도에 유의한 영향을 미치고 있었다. 또한, 구조모형의 적합도는 χ2/df=2.021, NFI=.954, TLI=.969, CFI=.976, RMSEA=.046으로 모두 기준치를 상회하였다. 이와 같은 가설검정 결과를 통해 소형병원들은 웹사이트와 모바일 콘텐츠 운영에 있어 사용자들에게 빠르고 정확한 응답을 할 수 있는 시스템 개발을 통해 이용자들과의 관계의 질을 향상시키며, 또한 e-서비스품질과 관계의 질 향상을 통해 e-충성도 를 향상시킬 필요가 있다. 향후 연구에서는 소형병원 이외에 대형병원에 대한 실증연구를 통해 비대면 의료정보 탐색에 대한 e-서비스품질을 더 명확히 측정할 수 있는 요인 및 측정변수 개발이 필요할 것이다.

본 연구는 개념이 명확하지 않고 포괄적이며, 의료법 위반 여부가 염려되는 건강관리서비스에 대하여 정확한 개념을 확립하기 위해 실시되었다. 이를 위하여 2019년 5월 보건복지부에서 발행한 비의료 건강관리서비스 가이드라인을 분석하고 응용하여 노인건강관리서비스에서 헬스치공의 운동처방 적용 방법에 대해 제시하였다. 먼저 2019년에 통계청에서 최근에 발표한 세계와 한국의 인구 현황 및 전망을 통해 인구변화 추이에 따른 노인 문제를 살펴보았으며 헬스치공의 자연요법으로서 효과를 확인하기 위해 중국체육총국의 자료를 통해 치유원리를 확인하였고, 헬스치공의 생리적, 심리적 효과를 선행연구를 통해 확인하는 절차를 거쳤다. 연구 결과로서 비의료 건강관리서비스 영역에서 만성질환자의 건강중재를 위한 헬스치공 프로그램을 다음과 같이 결정하였다. 첫째, 개인의 건강정보 확인 및 수집, 둘째, 혈압과 혈당 측정 및 관리수준 설정, 셋째, 만성질환 예방 및 관리 상담, 식이관리 및 조절 상담, 다섯째, 헬스치공 수련 목표 및 수준 설정, 여섯째, 헬스치공 수련 실시와 점검, 일곱째, 피드백에 의한 운동처방 사이클 조정이라는 7단계 수준에서 운동처방 적용 예시를 제안하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 통해 비의료 건강관리서비스에서 헬스치공을 프로그램으로 활용할 경우 많은 부분이 이용자에게 제공될 수 있다는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 헬스치공을 포함한 다른 자연요법 프로그램이 제공될 경우에도 같은 형태로 활용할 수 있다는 것을 확인하는 계기를 마련하였다는데 의의가 있을 것이다.

The environmental changes in the Korean cosmetic medical service industry in the 21st century are forming intense competition among medical institutions due to the quantitative expansion of its market. For stable growth of the cosmetic medical service industry, continuous quality improvement is necessary based on empirical research on the quality of cosmetic medical services rather than external expansion. The purpose of this study is to classify the quality attributes of cosmetic medical service using Kano model and to derive the degree of satisfaction and dissatisfaction of each quality attributes through Customer Satisfaction Coefficient (CSC). Through this, the study identified strategic priorities and suggested specific step-by-step approaches and quality improvement priorities that can increase customer satisfaction using the Potential Customer Satisfaction Improvement Index (PCSI Index). Based on SERVPERF, this study used measurement tools consisting of five dimensions : tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy. In addition, it was used of measurement items reconstructed into positive, negative, and satisfaction questions for Kano model analysis, CSC analysis, and PCSI Index analysis. A total of 300 medical consumers who experienced cosmetic medical services for the past one year in medical institutions such as plastic surgery and dermatology were collected with convenient sampling. As a result, urgent items for improving the quality of service using the PCSI Index, ‘Consideration for customer benefits’ in empathy category was followed by ‘Immediate help’ and ‘Sincere response’ in responsiveness category, and ‘Understanding customer needs’ in empathy category, respectively. That is, it is required to improve human service quality attributes such as empathy and responsiveness rather than physical service quality attributes. This study contributes practically in that it provides specific and discriminatory approaches to improve customer satisfaction on cosmetic medical service quality and suggests improvement priorities.

목적 : 본 연구는 상대가치점수를 기반으로 하는 국내 건강보험수가의 행위별 수가제가 국제 기능･장애 및 건강에 대한 분류(International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; ICF)의 건강 개 념에 적합한 비용을 지출하고 있는지 알아보고자 하였다. 연구방법 : 2003년-2013년 건강보험 및 의료급여권자 중 인구전체를 대표하는 100만 명의 샘플인 국민 건강보험공단의 건강보험 표본코호트 자료를 이용하였다. 건강보험요양급여비용의 이학요법료 중 제3절 전문재활치료료에 해당하는 행위들을 건강보험심사평가원에서 제시한 행위정의에 따라 신체기능과 활동 및 참여로 분류한 후 청구 통계량을 비교분석하였다. 결과 : 국내 재활치료 수가체계는 독립적인 일상생활활동, 활동/참여 그리고 가정이나 사회로 복귀를 통한 삶의 질 향상이라는 ICF의 건강 및 재활의학의 개념을 반영하지 못하고 있다. 또한, 환자의 상병군, 중 증도에 따른 재활치료의 효율적 수행을 위한 급성기–아급성기(회복기)-만성기의 재활의료체계가 정립되어 있지 않음을 확인하였다. 결론 : 재활치료의 효율적 수행을 위해서는 급성기- 아급성기(회복기)- 만성기의 재활의료체계가 정립되어야 하고 재활의료체계 내에서 의료기관 종별 역할이 구분이 필요하다. 이와 함께 적절한 재활치료 보험수가 체계 그리고 심사기준의 신설 및 개선이 필요하다.

현대사회는 산업혁명 이후 물질적 풍요로움 속에 살고 있다. 한편 제품에 다양화에 따른 소비자들의 욕구도 다양 화 되고 있다. 현대 소비자들은 과거와 달리 단순히 목적 지향적인 소비가 아니라 감성과 가치관을 충족시키는 개성 적 소비로 트렌드가 바뀌고 있다. 그 대표적인 사례가 스타벅스다. 스타벅스는 매장 장식부터 시작해 전 세계 어느 매장이든 똑같은 자신들만의 매장 음악, 직원들의 서비스, 매력적인 커피 향 등으로 구성된 스타벅스만의 분위기를 파는 감성마케팅으로 오늘날 세계적인 커피 프랜차이즈로 성장했다. 이런 방법은 인간의 감성을 자극 하는 마케팅이 기 때문에 눈에 보이지 않는 것을 인간의 감각이나 감성에 대입하여 호소하는 방식이다. 즉, 소비자들의 감성을 끌어 내어 제품에 대한 긍정적인 반응을 이끌어 내어 소비까지 이루어지게 하는 것이 감성마케팅의 매력이다. 제품이나 서비스에서 감성의 활용은 브랜드 이미지를 차별화하고 브랜드 로열티를 강화할 수 있는 핵심적인 방법이 되고 있 다. 특히 소비자의 감동을 강하게 이끌어 내기 위해 고객서비스가 더욱 중요시 되고 있다. 무형의 서비스는 고객의 감동을 이끌어내는 최고의 수단이 되고 있다.

This study is performed to determine the priorites of the evaluation factors for the improvement of fire emergency medical service by increasing it’s efficiency to protect the people’s lives effectively, and by recognizing it’s mid-long term development. Based on the output of the analysis, the critical evaluation factors of the fire emergency medical services to be improved shall be identified, and shall be intended to use strategically for increasing the efficiency of all the activity in the EMT service, and also for providing the basic date to product and manage the good quality services. To calculate the priority of the evaluation factor for each level as shown on this study, AHP(anaysis hierarchy process) with pairwise comparison method is applied. According to the priority analysis for the evaluation factors in main category (evaluation zone), ‘medical service professional aspect’ is recognized as highest one, and ‘service infrastructure aspect, ‘service management aspect’ are indicated in order. According to the priority analysis for the evaluation factors in evaluation index, ‘professional personal arrangement’ in the service infrastructure aspect, ‘appropriateness and timeliness of emergency medical care’ in the medical service professional aspect, and ‘clinical training’ in the service management aspect are respectively recognized as most important factors.

As the number of medical tourist continues to increase over the last decade, there is an emergent need to manage the medical tourism market. However, there is a lack of hard evidence to support growth in future. Thus, this research is to investigate the effect of perceived risk on the actual service experiences of medical tourists. The data was collected from 153 foreign patients who were admitted to the hospital between August and November, 2013 at four tertiary general hospitals and one general hospital, in either Seoul or Incheon. For the statistical analysis of data, hierarchical multiple regression analysis were implemented. The major results of this study are as follows: First, foreign patients chose word-of-mouth as the major information source for the purchase decision and also as the main method to reduce risk. Second, a positive attitude toward medical tourism significantly influenced on the perceived service quality. Third, perceived risk on through all purchase stages negatively influenced on perceived risk. In "pre-visit" stage, patients perceived more risks for financing and making an uncertain decision. Meanwhile, in "during-stay" stage, culture related(food, cultural differences and communication) and finance related(additional cost) were indicated as the major factors. For "post-discharge" stage, the medical side(recovery pain, side effect & complication) and the financial side(whole time and money invested, cost for follow-up care) were ranked in the top groups. Fourth, the risk reduction in the "pre-visit" stage significantly influenced on perceived service quality compared to other stages. This indicates that foreign patients perceive a high quality of service if they do more risk reduction activities before visiting the destination. The major risk reduction methods included gathering advice of friends and family, consulting with expert, direct trial and collecting information through formal source. The implications as follows were drawn from the results of this study. First, hospitals participating in medical tourism services should use experienced patients as marketers and the stories of their experiences as marketing tools. Second, the hospitals or governments should advertise both the excellence of the medical service and the subsidiary benefits of medical tourism. Third, reducing perceived risk of medical tourists should be managed in advance. Fourth, risk reduction activities should be induced before the patients visit.

Research on medical tourism (MT) has focused more attention on the growing supply side of the market than the demand side (Gan & Frederick, 2013). There is a need therefore for more research to better understand the demand aspects of this growing industry. Most of the research on MT consumers focuses on two main factors for deciding to travel abroad for medical care: cost and quality of the service (Gan & Frederick, 2013; Lunt et al., 2011). Since both outcome and process healthcare service quality (SQ) remain a concern for medical tourists (Gan & Frederick, 2013; Lunt et al., 2011), it is important to understand medical tourists’ perceptions of their international patient experience. This study aims to investigate this topic, and address the demand side research gap, by content analyzing the online testimonials of medical tourists, who traveled to Thailand for medical care, through a SQ lens. By doing so, this research strives to provide a first-person perspective of Thailand’s MT SQ. No other studies in the MT literature have been identified that used this approach to investigate MT SQ.

  Nowadays, many people are deeply interested in health and well-being. Ministry of Health and Welfare showed the results of evaluation of medical service of seventy eight general hospitals in 2005. The number of its medical service variables was eighteen

This empirical study examines the execution level for total quality control based on general and oriental medical service industries. This empirical study verifies a theoretical model that TQM execution level shows differences between oriental and general medical service institutes. This empirical study also verifies the relationship among TQM practices, internal employees" satisfaction, and external customer satisfaction. The methodology employed for this study was field survey using questionnaires which were distributed to physicians, nurses, medical technicians and other administrative staffs in 11 medical service institutes in Seoul. Analysis methods of this study used SPSS 10.0 WIN program.

Purpose - This study aims to identify the priorities of medical service quality improvement by customer satisfaction characteristics and potential customer satisfaction improvement (PCSI) index based on the dualistic quality classification of Kano Model (1984) for Comprehensive Health Screeening Center in General Hospitals and Centers only for Comprehensive Health Screening and suggest a direction for future improvement. Research design, data, and methodology - Through advanced research on health screening medical service quality, this study set four service quality factors, including tangible, human, process and supportive factors, and 39 measurement items. Based on these items, the study used 117 questions, which consist of dualistic quality factors, customer satisfaction coefficients, positive and negative questions for PCSI index and questions for current satisfaction. 300 effective samples were collected for adults in their 20s who experienced health screening service in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do and Incheon within the past two years. Collected data were input in the quality evaluation duality table to categorize quality factors and calculate customer satisfaction coefficients by Timko(1993). The study also analyzed PCSI index in comparison with current satisfaction and identified priorities in quality improvement. Results - It was found that the most urgent factors to improve the quality in both groups were adequate waiting hours and emergency response for complications, which are process factors classified as unitary quality. It is urgently needed to improve the quality as the PCSI index was high in supportive factors (complaint response team) as attractive quality in Comprehensive Health Screening Center in General Hospitals and in process factors (prevention of infection) as unitary quality in Centers only for Comprehensive Health Screening. As the PCSI index was low in space use as a tangible factor, it was found that the current level can be maintained instead of improvement. Conclusions - To improve the health screening medical service quality, it is required to focus on process factors (adequate waiting hours, emergency response for complications, prevention of infection) and supportive factors (complaint response team) among service qualities perceived by users. It is proposed to ensure continuous efforts to manage and reinforce priorities as a direction for future improvement in health screening service.

Purpose - This study attempted to construct and validate a structural model of the relationship between the quality of medical services, perceived risk, reputation and customer satisfaction, which is the main concept of the relationship between large hospitals as well as small and medium hospitals and medical consumers. Through this verification, the small and medium hospitals are to find the way for wise coping in competitive situation with large hospitals. Research design, data, and methodology - This research developed a hypothesis by constructing a structural equation that reaches the satisfaction and the relationship between reputation of perceived risk and perceived risk of service quality perceptions of customers of small and medium hospitals. Research data were collected through a questionnaire survey of respondents who had medical service experience from small and medium hospital. A total data of 252 respondents were used as the sample for the final analysis and analyzed using SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23. Results - As a result, the relationship of quality of medical service, reputation, and customer satisfaction among small and medium hospitals was consistent with the results of precedent studies, and the perceived risk has a significant impact on reputation, so the greater the perceived risk, the higher the preference for reputable medical institutions as large hospitals. In addition, it was found that the direct route from perceived risk to customer satisfaction was not significant, and reputation was found to have a full mediating effect on perceived risk and customer satisfaction. Customers who use small and medium hospitals prefer to use reputable medical institutions if their perceived risk is high, which is different from risk perception when specific targets are specified. Conclusions - In terms of the effect from customer satisfaction, not only the path of perceived risk → reputation → customer satisfaction, but also the quality of service quality → reputation → customer satisfaction. These findings suggest that small and medium hospitals are appropriately responding to competition with large hospitals, rather than focusing on the perceived risks and reputation of customers in establishing and utilizing competitive strategies to create new customers and preserve existing customers

최근 삶의 질이 향상되면서 많은 사람들이 다양한 레저 활동을 즐기고 있다. 하지만 레저 활동 인구가 증가하면서 다양한 사고로 척수손상장애인이 되기도 한다. 이러한 이유로 척수손상장애인의 인구가 증가할 수 밖에 없다. 이러한 현상은 의료복지 측면에서의 수요 확대로 이어질 수 있다. 척수손상 정도에 따라 외출 및 외래진료에 어려움이 있는 척수손상환자들은 방문의료서비스의 이용 증대로 이어질 수 있다. 이러한 이유로 보건복지부에서는 서비스 양적 확충을 위해 지속적 연구가 진행되고 있다. 하지만 서비스 다각화 및 질적 향상 측면에서 체계화가 미흡한 실정이다. 선행연구의 대부분은 이용자를 대상으로 단편적인 만족도 및 욕구조사 중심으로 진행되었다. 이에 본 연구에서는 ICT 방문의료서비스 디자인을 위한 4D프로세스 중 Define 단계로 이해관계자 요구사항을 조사하였다. 조사 대상은 서비스 제공자 4명, 서비스 수요자 14명을 대상으로 진행하였다. 조사 대상자들의 구체적인 문제점 및 요구사항을 도출하기 위해 인터뷰 방법론을 활용하였다. 본 연구의 방법으로는 첫째, 척수손상장애와 ICT 방문의료서비스에 대한 이론적 고찰을 실시하였다. 둘째, 국내, 국외에서 진행된 ICT 방문의료서비스에 대한 사례 연구를 진행하였다. 그 결과 ICT 방문의료서비스 관련 이해관계자를 파악하였고 서비스 현황, 주요 시사점을 도출하였다. 셋째, ICT 방문의료서비스 관계자 4명과 척수손상장애인 14명을 대상으로 심층인터뷰와 포커스 그룹인터뷰를 진행하였다. 그 결과 6가지 주요 시사점을 도출할 수 있었다. 6가지 주요 시사점은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 외래진료와 원격진료 병행으로 인한 업무의 부담이다. 둘째, 간접적 원격 진료에 대한 신뢰성이 낮았다. 셋째, 서비스 내 커뮤니케이션 채널이 없었다. 커뮤니케이션 채널이 없어 주요 정보 공유에 문제가 있었다. 넷째, 생체정보 측정 장비와 ICT 의료시스템과의 데이터 호환성에 문제가 있었다. 기기와 시스템 간 호환이 되지 않아 비효율적인 의료서비스가 제공되고 있었다. 다섯째, 다수 환자에 대한 예방, 의료기록, 일정관리 등을 위한 ICT 모니터링 시스템 구축의 필요성이 나타났다. 여섯째, 다양한 특성의 척수손상장애인을 고려한 서비스 세분화이다. 향후 본 연구를 통해 도출된 6가지 시사점은 ICT 방문의료서비스디자인의 개선방향 설정에 활용될 것이다. 또한 의료서비스를 지원하는 시스템 개선방향에도 활용될 예정이다.

의료의 과학화로 인해 고가의료장비를 이용한 의료서비스 공급이 증가하고 있다. 의학 정보의 대중화로 의료소비자들의 의학적 지식수준 및 의료기관 선택능력의 향상으로 높은 수준의 의료서비스가 요구되고 있다. 이처럼 의료소비자들이 의료기관을 대하는 태도가 바뀌면서 의료기관들 역시 고객 만족도 향상을 위한 인식의 변화가 필요하다. 이에 본 연구는 의료서비스의 의식구조 변화를 지향하기 위해 PET/CT의 효용성에 대한 의학적 지식 유무에 따라 의료서비스만족도 차이를 분석하였다. 연구 결과 의료소비자 자신의 질병과 PET/CT의 효용성에 대한 의학적 지식이 있는 사람이 진료만족과 환경만족 모두 높게 나타났다. 따라서, 의료기관에서는 형식적인 의료서비스 제공이 아닌 의료소비자의 의학적 지식에 대한 지각 변화를 파악하여 의학 정보를 제공하는 실질적인 의료서비스 대응책이 필요할 것이다.

By Medical Service Law(below, abbr as ‘Law’), the medical institutions should be established and run by ‘the doctors or the qualified persons’(below, abbr as ‘doctors’), who are permitted by the related laws. And there is a case such as non-doctors establish the institutions, hire doctors and run the institutions, or non-doctors and doctors co-establish the institutions and run the institutions. This kind of act is treated as violations under Law. When, in their running the institutions, doctors treat the patients, which means doctors give the patients the medical care in place of National Health Insurance Service(below, abbr as NHIS), doctors ask the costs of the medical care to NHIS. If the costs of the medical treatment(the medical care) do not exist or are exaggerated, the act of asking the costs will constitute Fraud. But if doctors in such institutions described above treat the patients fairly, and then ask NHIS the costs with no falsity or exaggeration, does that act constitute Fraud? This kind of act has not been treated as Fraud until 2013. But from the second half of 2013, this kind of act has been prosecuted as Fraud. Is that prosecution right? Is it guilty as Fraud? Medical treatment has a broad effecion on the health and welfare of people, so business mind should be excluded from medical treatment. And Law has regulations on the qualification of establishing the institutions to prevent the substantial distortion of medical treatment. But if doctors’ treatment is true, which means there is no falsity or exaggeration in medical treatment, then there can not exist the substantial distortion. And the article 57 ① of Law regulates ‘trick or the other undue method’, but I think this kind of act does not conform to the article 57 ① of Law. And even if this kind of act conforms to the article 57 ① of Law, it does not mean that it is Fraud. Because Fraud has the strong character of mala in se, transcendentally the act of Fraud should be evaluated anti-social and immoral. But this kind of act can not be assessed anti-social and immoral transcendentally. And the criminal control on this kind of act can not be the fundamental measure to prevent the financial aggravation of NHIS. And because this kind of act is treated as violations under Law, if the punishment of Fraud is added, it could violate the principle of proportion or principle of subsidiarity.