Evaluation of Government Assisted Visiting Nursing Services of Health Center in 2000.
10.4040/jkan.2002.32.3.344
- Author:
Il Sun KO
1
;
Cho Ja KIM
;
Tae Wha LEE
;
Kyung Ja LEE
;
Eui Sook KIM
;
Heek Young MA
;
Young Sook LEE
Author Information
1. Yonsei University College of Nursing, Nursing Policy Research Institute Yonsei University College of Nursing, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Health centers;
Visiting nursing services
- MeSH:
Comprehensive Health Care;
Dementia;
Family Characteristics;
Korea;
Nurses, Community Health;
Nursing Services*;
Nursing*;
Policy Making
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2002;32(3):344-354
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study is a fact-finding research to understand the status of visiting nursing services operated by health centers in Korea and it aims to provide basic information for policy development on operation and management of visiting nursing services in health centers. METHOD: This study investigates the results of visiting nursing services in 242 health centers from Jan. 10 through Dec. 30, 2000, where 3,106 visiting nurses were employed by the public work program. RESULT: In 2000, 129,401 new household as service recipients was identified and that was 0.9% of Koreas total households (15,137,000), and 5.8% of low income households (2,242,000). The highest high risk group was dementia patients(aver. 55.2/1,000 person). Average number of households visited by visiting nurse were 4.5 households per day and the first-visited houses per visiting nurse were 1.1 households per day. The re-visiting rate was 71.3%. Total 4,059,130 service items were provided and assessment ranked the highest with 33.7%. The satisfaction level of clients on the nurses was an average of 3.17 points in the scale of 4 and the nursing service was a 2.60 points in a scale of 3. CONCLUSION: Visiting nursing service should continue to provide comprehensive healthcare services in cost-effective ways while cooperating with others.
