Table 1.
Presence of unmet medical needs according to sociodemographic characteristics of participants.
| Variables | Class | Total | Unmet Medical Needs | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | |||||||
| N | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Total | 11,378 | (100.0) | 10,058 | (88.4) | 1320 | (11.6) | ||
| Sex | Male | 4816 | (42.3) | 4329 | (43.0) | 487 | (36.9) | 0.000 |
| Female | 6562 | (57.7) | 5729 | (57.0) | 833 | (63.1) | ||
| Age (years) | 20–29 | 826 | (7.3) | 774 | (7.7) | 52 | (3.9) | 0.000 |
| 30–39 | 1087 | (9.6) | 989 | (9.8) | 98 | (7.4) | ||
| 40–49 | 2018 | (17.7) | 1805 | (17.9) | 213 | (16.1) | ||
| 50–59 | 2127 | (18.7) | 1889 | (18.8) | 238 | (18.0) | ||
| 60–69 | 2341 | (20.6) | 2073 | (20.6) | 268 | (20.3) | ||
| 70≦ | 2979 | (26.2) | 2528 | (25.1) | 451 | (34.2) | ||
| Education | Middle and high school graduate | 3988 | (34.0) | 3385 | (33.7) | 603 | (45.7) | 0.000 |
| College or university graduate | 3518 | (30.9) | 3134 | (31.2) | 384 | (29.1) | ||
| Graduate university graduate | 3872 | (35.1) | 3539 | (35.2) | 333 | (25.2) | ||
| Marital status | Married | 8176 | (71.9) | 7323 | (72.8) | 853 | (64.6) | 0.000 |
| Unmarried | 3202 | (28.1) | 2735 | (27.2) | 467 | (35.4) | ||
| Economic activity | Current worker | 4267 | (37.5) | 3791 | (37.7) | 476 | (36.1) | 0.250 |
| Non-worker | 7111 | (62.5) | 6267 | (62.3) | 844 | (63.9) | ||
| Monthly income (quintiles) |
1Q (lowest) | 4420 | (38.8) | 3792 | (37.7) | 628 | (47.6) | 0.000 |
| 2Q | 1709 | (15.0) | 1518 | (15.1) | 191 | (14.5) | ||
| 3Q | 1720 | (15.1) | 1520 | (15.1) | 200 | (15.2) | ||
| 4Q | 1772 | (15.6) | 1607 | (16.0) | 165 | (12.5) | ||
| 5Q (highest) | 1757 | (15.4) | 1621 | (16.1) | 136 | (10.3) | ||
| Medical insurance type | NHI | 7426 | (65.3) | 6571 | (65.3) | 855 | (64.8) | 0.000 |
| Medicaid | 528 | (4.6) | 421 | (4.2) | 107 | (8.1) | ||
| Others | 3424 | (30.1) | 3066 | (30.5) | 358 | (27.1) | ||
| Private insurance | No | 3140 | (27.6) | 2667 | (26.5) | 473 | (35.8) | 0.000 |
| Yes | 8238 | (72.4) | 7391 | (73.5) | 847 | (64.2) | ||
| Non-covered treatment | No | 3928 | (34.5) | 3462 | (34.4) | 466 | (35.3) | 0.526 |
| Yes | 7450 | (65.5) | 6596 | (65.6) | 854 | (64.7) | ||
| Chronic disease | No | 3280 | (28.8) | 3012 | (29.9) | 268 | (20.3) | 0.000 |
| Yes | 8098 | (71.2) | 7046 | (70.1) | 1052 | (79.7) | ||
| Disability | No | 10,510 | (92.4) | 9335 | (92.8) | 1175 | (89.0) | 0.000 |
| Yes | 868 | (7.6) | 723 | (7.2) | 145 | (11.0) | ||
| Regular Exercise | No | 1576 | (78.7) | 1257 | (12.5) | 319 | (24.2) | 0.000 |
| Yes | 9802 | (21.3) | 8801 | (87.5) | 1001 | (75.8) | ||
| Pain | No | 7832 | (68.8) | 7243 | (72.0) | 589 | (44.6) | 0.000 |
| Yes | 3546 | (31.2) | 2815 | (28.0) | 731 | (55.4) | ||
| Self-rated health status | Good | 4434 | (39.0) | 4137 | (41.1) | 297 | (22.5) | 0.000 |
| Moderate | 4978 | (43.8) | 4399 | (43.7) | 579 | (43.9) | ||
| Bad | 1966 | (17.3) | 1522 | (15.1) | 444 | (33.6) | ||
| Depression | Light | 9599 | (84.4) | 8705 | (86.5) | 894 | (67.7) | 0.000 |
| Moderate | 1718 | (15.1) | 1312 | (13.0) | 406 | (30.8) | ||
| Severe | 61 | (0.5) | 41 | (0.4) | 20 | (1.5) | ||
| Type of medical care | TM & WM | 2299 | (20.2) | 1985 | (19.7) | 314 | (23.8) | 0.002 |
| TM | 80 | (0.7) | 68 | (0.7) | 12 | (0.9) | ||
| WM | 8761 | (77.0) | 7787 | (77.4) | 974 | (73.8) | ||
| Other | 238 | (2.1) | 218 | (2.2) | 20 | (1.5) | ||
Notes: A chi-square test was used to determine differences in presence of unmet medical needs according to general characteristics. Abbreviations: NHI, National Health Insurance; TM, traditional Korean medicine; WM, Western medicine.