Having Private Cancer Insurance in Korea: Gender Differences

Yoo, Ki-Bong; Noh, Jin-Won; Kwon, Young Dae; Cho, Kyoung Hee; Choi, Young; Kim, Jae-Hyun

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저자정보: Yoo, Ki-Bong (Department of Healthcare Management and Institute of Global Healthcare Research, Eulji University) Noh, Jin-Won (Department of Healthcare Management and Institute of Global Healthcare Research, Eulji University) Kwon, Young Dae (Department of Humanities and Social Medicine, College of Medicine and Catholic Institute for Healthcare Management, the Catholic University of Korea) Cho, Kyoung Hee (Department of Public Health, and Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University) Choi, Young (Department of Public Health, and Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University) Kim, Jae-Hyun (Department of Public Health, and Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University)

저널정보: 아시아태평양암예방학회 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 제16권 제17호

발행연도: 2015.1

수록면: 7,981 - 7,986 (6page)

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Background: As coverage of public insurance is not sufficient to cover diagnosis or treatment of cancer, having private health insurance is important to prepare for unexpected expenses of cancer. The purpose of this study was to assess factors associated with having private cancer insurance, considering gender among the socio-demographic factors and health behavior. Materials and Methods: We used data from the 2011 Korea Health Panel, which included 10,871 participants aged 20 years and older. Socio-demographics, health behavior, and perceived cancer risk were the independent variables and having private cancer insurance was the dependent variable. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with having private cancer insurance. Results: The variables relating to middle age, higher education, higher household income, married men, and the perceived cancer risk groups of 1-10% and 11-30% were significantly associated with having private cancer insurance. Additionally, females who had private non-cancer health insurance were positively associated with the dependent variables (OR=1.36; 95% CI=1.17-1.57). Education, smoking status, exercise, and perceived cancer risk possibility were significantly associated with having private cancer insurance only among women. The men lowered the overall percentages of those having private cancer insurance (OR=0.53, 95% CI=0.45-0.63). Conclusions: We found that there were significant differences between men and women who had private cancer insurance. Women with private cancer insurance are more likely to follow precautionary health behavior than men. This could be interpreted as resulting from masculine ideologies. It is important to make males recognize the seriousness of the cancer risk. In general, household income was highly associated with private cancer insurance. These results reveal an inequity among the buyers of private cancer insurance in terms of economic status level, education level, and health condition.

#Private cancer insurance #perceived cancer risk #gender differences #Korea

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Yoo, Ki-Bong

소속기관 Department of Healthcare Management and Institute of Global Healthcare Research, Eulji University

주요연구분야 의약학 > 기초의학 > 예방의학·직업환경의학 의약학 > 임상의학 > 방사선과학

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Noh, Jin-Won

소속기관 Department of Healthcare Management and Institute of Global Healthcare Research, Eulji University