病人知覺風險及就醫決策的實證研究-以2003年SARS流行為例
Date Issued
2005-10-31
Date
2005-10-31
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932416H002046SSS
Abstract
The 2003 outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) affected many
countries. In Taiwan, where in-hospital contamination was the major source of
infection, seeking hospital care became a health risk. Here we study people ’s
perception of health risk and its impact on their use of healthcare services. Degree
of public apprehension was measured by the number SARS-related news articles, and
information on the number of visits to hospital outpatient departments and community
clinics was taken from claims submitted to Bureau of the National Health Insurance
(NHI) by such medical facilities. We found that the increase in SARS-related news
articles reduced the outpatient visits dramatically during April and June 2003, when
the number of suspected SARS case was the highest. During the SARS outbreak
period there was an almost 25 percent decrease in volume of outpatient healthcare.
We found that, possibly because SARS patients were treated at larger hospitals, the
bigger the hospital, the more dramatic the reduction. The impact of the SARS
e p i d e mi c o n p e o p l e ’s h e a l t h , especially with regard to its possibly discouraging
people from seeking needed health care, needs long-term monitoring.
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臺北市：國立臺灣大學公共衛生學院衛生政策與管理研究所
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