Measuring the Needs for Medical Service in the Retirement Residential Community in Korea

• 作者: Kyung Wook Seo SoIm Park
• 来源期刊: 房屋建造与规划研究(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Urban RETIREES Baby-Boomer RETIREMENT Residential Area NEIGHBORHOOD Regeneration Age-Friendly Facility MEDICAL SERVICE Universal DESIGN Barrier-Free DESIGN
• 年，卷（期）: 2017,（3）
• 页码范围: 116-127
• 页数: 12页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

Medical facilities in retirement residential areas provide diverse medical and health-related services to retirees, and they are equipped and programed with various medical services for enhancing retirees’ daily activities. To find out the current status of using medical facilities by retirees, this study surveyed retirees in their fifties, sixties, and seventies, who live in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul. The survey data was sorted by the types of medical facilities they visit, reasons for their visit, and the types of medical facilities in a retirement residential area they would prefer to visit. The pros and cons of using private and general hospitals can be evaluated further to set up the right strategy to reconcile them;and each type of hospital can be improved by adding those missing elements that the interviewees mentioned. In the broad perspective, this indicates the need to suggest the direction of preparing residential areas that are technically planned for retirees on the basis of the analysis of Korean retirees’ needs.