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Is there regional inequality in the medical accessibility of the severely injured? Application of driving time data in South KoreaIs there regional inequality in the medical accessibility of the severely injured? Application of driving time data in South Korea

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Is there regional inequality in the medical accessibility of the severely injured? Application of driving time data in South Korea
Authors
양현주Elliot Kang김민경고강혁
Issue Date
2020
Publisher
서강대학교 지암남덕우경제연구원
Keywords
medical accessibility; emergency care; regional inequality; poverty; elderly
Citation
시장경제연구, v.49, no.1, pp.1 - 29
Indexed
KCI
Journal Title
시장경제연구
Volume
49
Number
1
Start Page
1
End Page
29
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/59581
DOI
10.38162/JOME.49.1.1
ISSN
2092-6332
Abstract
An important aspect of successfully treating the severely injured, or trauma patients, is accessibility to a hospital within an hour (the “golden hour”). In this study, we use novel driving time data to investigate the regional disparity in accessing trauma centers in 3,400 townships in South Korea. We found that 99.8% of residents in metropolitan cities were located within a 60-minute drive to trauma centers, whereas 21% of residents (6 million) in non-metropolitan cities could not reach trauma centers within 60 minutes. The results suggest that government resources should be prioritized toward improving trauma center accessibility in non-metropolitan regions.
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