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Changes in Saturday outpatient volume and billings after introducing the Saturday incentive programme to clinics in South Korea: a longitudinal cohort study using claims data from 2012 to 2014.

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dc.contributor.author박은철-
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-27T07:49:42Z-
dc.date.available2017-02-27T07:49:42Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/147002-
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: In October 2013, the South Korean government introduced an incentive programme to increase the availability of Saturday treatment at clinics, hoping to increase the role of primary care providers as gatekeepers to medical care. To the best of our knowledge, no one has yet investigated this programme's effect on overall outpatient care. Our study aims to analyse the change in Saturday outpatient volume and billings in clinics that adopted the Saturday incentive programme. SETTING: Our study used 3 types of data from the period October 2012 to March 2014: National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) claims data, hospital evaluation data and medical institution data. PARTICIPANTS: These data consisted of 66 825 881 outpatient cases from 2837 clinics. INTERVENTIONS: Introducing the Saturday incentive programme. OUTCOME MEASURE: We performed a multilevel analysis that adjusted for clinic-level and outpatient-level variables to examine the difference in the percentage of Saturday outpatient volume and billings after introducing the Saturday incentive programme. RESULTS: The percentages of Saturday outpatient volume and billings were higher after introducing the programme (outpatient volume: β=2.065, p<0.001; outpatient billings: β=3.518, p<0.001). In addition, outpatient volume and billings on Friday and Saturday increased after introducing the programme, while those on weekdays, excluding Friday, decreased. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that the Saturday incentive programme has affected clinic outpatient care and is a worthwhile health policy in terms of promoting primary care. Thus, it may improve healthcare accessibility and quality of care, and prevent inappropriate usage such as emergency room visits by providing patients with weekend clinic hours.-
dc.description.statementOfResponsibilityopen-
dc.formatapplication/pdf-
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Group Ltd-
dc.relation.isPartOfBMJ OPEN-
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 2.0 KR-
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/kr/-
dc.subject.MESHAfter-Hours Care*/organization & administration-
dc.subject.MESHAfter-Hours Care*/standards-
dc.subject.MESHAmbulatory Care/organization & administration*-
dc.subject.MESHAmbulatory Care/standards-
dc.subject.MESHAmbulatory Care Facilities/organization & administration*-
dc.subject.MESHAmbulatory Care Facilities/standards-
dc.subject.MESHCost-Benefit Analysis-
dc.subject.MESHEfficiency, Organizational-
dc.subject.MESHFemale-
dc.subject.MESHHealth Policy-
dc.subject.MESHHealth Services Accessibility/organization & administration*-
dc.subject.MESHHealth Services Accessibility/standards-
dc.subject.MESHHumans-
dc.subject.MESHLongitudinal Studies-
dc.subject.MESHMale-
dc.subject.MESHOutpatients*-
dc.subject.MESHPersonnel Staffing and Scheduling/organization & administration*-
dc.subject.MESHPrimary Health Care*/organization & administration-
dc.subject.MESHPrimary Health Care*/standards-
dc.subject.MESHProgram Evaluation-
dc.subject.MESHRepublic of Korea/epidemiology-
dc.subject.MESHWorkload-
dc.titleChanges in Saturday outpatient volume and billings after introducing the Saturday incentive programme to clinics in South Korea: a longitudinal cohort study using claims data from 2012 to 2014.-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.publisher.locationEngland-
dc.contributor.collegeCollege of Medicine-
dc.contributor.departmentDept. of Preventive Medicine-
dc.contributor.googleauthorHyun Ji Ha-
dc.contributor.googleauthorKyu-Tae Han-
dc.contributor.googleauthorSun Jung Kim-
dc.contributor.googleauthorTae Yong Sohn-
dc.contributor.googleauthorByungyool Jeon-
dc.contributor.googleauthorEun-Cheol Park-
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011248-
dc.contributor.localIdA01618-
dc.relation.journalcodeJ00380-
dc.identifier.eissn2044-6055-
dc.relation.journalsince2011~-
dc.identifier.pmid27288380-
dc.subject.keywordPRIMARY CARE-
dc.subject.keywordclinics-
dc.subject.keywordincentive program-
dc.subject.keywordoutpatient care-
dc.contributor.alternativeNamePark, Eun Chul-
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthorPark, Eun Chul-
dc.citation.volume6-
dc.citation.number6-
dc.citation.startPage011248-
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationBMJ OPEN, Vol.6(6) : 011248, 2016-
dc.date.modified2017-02-24-
dc.identifier.rimsid47035-
dc.type.rimsART-
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