Understanding the Utilization of Tertiary Hospitals by Mild Disease Patients: Travel Cost Method Analysis
These findings highlight the importance of incorporating patient segmentation into policy formulation to alleviate the overcrowding of patients with mild diseases in tertiary care hospitals. Furthermore, they advocate adopting a primary care-centered approach to enhance the healthcare delivery system and address imbalances in community healthcare resources.
Authors
- Sewon Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2661-7020)
- Munjae Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9781-4187)
- Mankyu Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8576-8195)
- Seokmin Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3868-7835)
Institutions
- Department of Health (TW)
- Ajou University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/rmhp.s506111
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Ministry of Education
- National Research Foundation of Korea