Healthcare utilization among foreign beneficiaries of the National Health Insurance program in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To explore the factors related to healthcare utilization (both inpatient and outpatient services) among foreign beneficiaries of the National Health Insurance (NHI) in Korea.

Participants

The total foreign beneficiaries of the NHI in Korea 2022 were included (n = 1,386,329).

Variables

For the dependent variables, utilization and either hospital stays or count of visits were used. And the independent variables were selected guided by Andersen's behavioral framework: predisposing characteristics (e.g., sex, age, nationality), enabling characteristics (e.g., insurance premium ranking, residency status, residency period, place of residency, beneficiary type), and need characteristics (e.g., disability, CCI, chronic diseases).

Statistical models

We conduc

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11526533 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature