Table 1.
The utilization of medical welfare service by three domains of Gelberg–Andersen behavioral model in homeless people, S. Korea.
| Variables | Total N = 2032 |
Medicaid N = 2020 |
Outreach Programs N = 2026 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Total | 2032 | (100.0) | 1439 | (71.2) | 1437 | (70.9) |
| Predisposing | ||||||
| Sex | p < 0.001 | p = 0.943 | ||||
| Men | 1634 | (80.4) | 1111 | (68.3) | 1156 | (71.0) |
| Women | 398 | (19.6) | 328 | (83.3) | 281 | (70.8) |
| Age | p < 0.001 | p = 0.793 | ||||
| <50 | 545 | (26.9) | 338 | (62.7) | 388 | (71.5) |
| ≥50 | 1483 | (73.1) | 1100 | (74.5) | 1048 | (71.9) |
| missing | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Education | p < 0.001 | p = 0.313 | ||||
| ≥High School | 868 | (43.3) | 581 | (67.2) | 605 | (69.9) |
| ≤Middle School | 1139 | (56.8) | 849 | (75.1) | 818 | (72.0) |
| missing | 25 | 9 | 14 | |||
| Duration (years) | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | ||||
| <10 | 934 | (50.1) | 607 | (65.4) | 602 | (64.7) |
| ≥10 | 929 | (49.9) | 733 | (79.3) | 735 | (79.3) |
| missing | 169 | 99 | 100 | |||
| Drinking | p < 0.001 | p = 0.059 | ||||
| No | 1214 | (59.8) | 940 | (77.9) | 877 | (72.5) |
| Yes | 817 | (40.2) | 499 | (61.5) | 559 | (68.6) |
| missing | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Smoking | p < 0.001 | p = 0.231 | ||||
| No | 786 | (38.7) | 613 | (78.6) | 568 | (72.5) |
| Yes | 1246 | (61.3) | 826 | (66.6) | 869 | (70.0) |
| Enabling | ||||||
| Housing Status | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | ||||
| Street | 299 | (14.7) | 73 | (24.5) | 188 | (63.1) |
| Small Room | 302 | (14.9) | 193 | (64.1) | 200 | (66.2) |
| Shelter | 1431 | (70.4) | 1173 | (82.5) | 1049 | (73.6) |
| Employed | p < 0.001 | p = 0.122 | ||||
| Yes | 795 | (39.3) | 525 | (66.3) | 547 | (69.0) |
| No | 1226 | (60.7) | 909 | (74.7) | 882 | (72.2) |
| missing | 11 | 5 | ||||
| Income (1000 won) | p < 0.001 | p = 0.472 | ||||
| ≥500 | 525 | (31.8) | 316 | (60.5) | 382 | (72.9) |
| <500 | 1124 | (68.2) | 893 | (80.0) | 798 | (71.2) |
| missing | 383 | 230 | 8 | |||
| Need | ||||||
| Subjective Health | p = 0.367 | p = 0.222 | ||||
| Good | 724 | (35.7) | 503 | (70.0) | 524 | (72.6) |
| Bad | 1304 | (64.3) | 932 | (71.9) | 910 | (70.0) |
| missing | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Medical Diseases | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | ||||
| No | 467 | (23.0) | 250 | (53.9) | 299 | (64.2) |
| Yes | 1565 | (77.0) | 1189 | (76.4) | 1138 | (73.0) |
| Dental Diseases | p = 0.019 | p = 0.438 | ||||
| No | 1459 | (71.9) | 1011 | (69.7) | 1038 | (71.4) |
| Yes | 571 | (28.1) | 426 | (75.0) | 397 | (69.7) |
| missing | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||