韩国老年人长期护理服务的有效覆盖范围
Ja-Ho Leigh1,2, Hyejin Lee3,4, Jaehong Yoon1,2
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Age and ageing
|October 30, 2023
概括
韩国长期护理保险 (LTCI) 显著减少了老年人的未满足护理需求. 使用LTCI服务与较少的日常生活 (ADL) 和工具性ADL (IADL) 需求的未满足活动有关,改善了护理准入.
科学领域:
- 老年学与公共卫生
- 医疗保健政策和经济学
背景情况:
- 全球人口老龄化需要增加长期护理 (LTC) 服务,特别是对最老的老人.
- 由于人口结构的变化,韩国面临着越来越多的LTC需求.
- 评估公共资助的LTC和保险的有效性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为评估韩国公共资助的LTC服务制定理论护理级联.
- 调查长期护理保险 (LTCI) 使用与老年人未满足的护理需求之间的联系.
- 为评估适用于其他国家的LTC条款提供一个模型.
主要方法:
- 分析1使用了来自韩国老龄化纵向研究 (KLoSA),LTCI统计年鉴和全国意识调查的数据.
- 分析2使用了KLoSA数据,根据LTCI的认识和使用情况将参与者分成组.
- 未满足的护理需求被定义为对需要护理的老年人缺乏必要的援助.
主要成果:
- 2020年,16.1%的65岁以上韩国人表示需要护理,62.7%的人与LTCI服务联系.
- 了解和使用LTCI的老年人报告说,日常生活 (ADL) 需求 (PR:0.34) 和工具性ADL (IADL) 需求 (PR:0.27) 的未满足活动显著减少.
- 与那些不了解保险的人相比,LTCI使用与减少未满足的护理需求有很强的关联.
结论:
- 建立了一个评估韩国LTC提供的理论布,为国际应用提供了一个初步模型.
- 韩国的LTCI显然与老年人群中未满足的ADL和IADL需求的减少有关.
- 这些发现强调了LTCI在解决老龄化社会护理需求方面的重要性.
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