Characteristics of study participants
Participants (n=5,890) | |
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Age (y) | 29.7±9.3 |
Sex | |
Male | 2,912 (49.4) |
Female | 2,978 (50.6) |
Job | |
Student | 4,261 (72.3) |
Employee | 1,629 (27.7) |
Income level | |
Low | 1,028 (17.5) |
Middle | 2,667 (45.3) |
High | 2,195 (37.3) |
Medical doctor in the family | |
No | 5,305 (90.1) |
Yes | 585 (9.9) |
Self-perceived health | |
Good | 3,068 (52.1) |
Fair | 2,394 (40.7) |
Poor | 428 (7.3) |
Comorbidity | |
None | 1,311 (22.3) |
Only acute condition | 2,749 (46.7) |
Chronic condition |
1,830 (31.1) |
Receiving care for chronic condition | |
None | 3,111 (52.8) |
One-self | 294 (5.0) |
Family member | 2,485 (42.2) |
Having a regular doctor | |
No | 5,005 (85.0) |
Yes | 885 (15.0) |
Frequently used healthcare facility | |
On-campus primary care clinic | 1,704 (28.9) |
Community clinic | 3,126 (53.1) |
Large hospital | 974 (16.5) |
Others | 86 (1.5) |
Healthcare utilization per year (n) | |
0–3 | 3,498 (59.4) |
4–6 | 1,441 (24.5) |
7–12 | 619 (10.5) |
≥13 | 332 (5.6) |
Medical expense per year (Korean Won) |
|
<250,000 | 4,307 (73.1) |
250,000–499,999 | 790 (13.4) |
≥500,000 | 793 (13.5) |
Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number (%).
aIncluded hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, heart disease, hyperuricemia, chronic viral hepatitis, arthritis, cancer, depression, and anxiety disorder.
bIncluded only out-of-pocket expenses; 10,000 Korean Won ≈ 8.85 US Dollars.