The Effect of the Local Medical Resources of the Elderly Living in Seoul on their Needs for Community Medical Environment

Abstract

Focusing on the elderly living in Seoul, this study aims to analyze empirically the effects of the local medical resources on the needs for community medical environment based on the number of medical institutions, total number of doctors, total number of beds in the district as a representative of local medical resources. Multi-level logistic regression model was used. 2018 Seoul Elderly Survey was used for the data of the level one and Seoul Statistics 2018 were used for the data of the level 2. As a result, as the total number of doctors and beds increase, the elderly's needs for community medical environment significantly decreased. It exhibits that the total number of doctors and beds are critical rather than the total number of medical institutions in the district. Based on the above results, it is hospitals that affect the needs for community medical environment of the elderly. The results of this study suggest in order to provide the pro-aging social ecological system it is necessary to examine the elderly's needs for community medical environment for the higher medical institutions in preparation for the super aging society