title: Unmet healthcare needs depending on employment status.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of study is to find relevance between unmet healthcare needs and employment status and if factors have relevance to unmet healthcare needs due to "economic burden" and "no time to spare".
  
  
  METHODS
  The study conducted a survey of 9163 respondents who said they needed a medical treatment or checkup were asked why the need for care was unmet.
  
  
  RESULTS
  22.9% of the respondents said they did not receive a medical treatment or checkup they needed at least once. The rate of unmet healthcare needs caused by "economic burden" was higher among temporary workers (ORs=2.13), day workers (ORs=1.92). However, the rate of unmet needs due to "no time to spare" was lower for temporary workers (ORs=.58) than for regular workers, studies (ORs=.33), housework (ORs=.26), early retirement (ORs=.19) and disease or injury (ORs=.07).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Non-regular waged workers were more likely to have an unmet need for healthcare due to "economic burden" than regular waged workers. On the other hand, regular waged workers were less likely to receive necessary healthcare services due to "no time to spare" than non-regular waged workers and economically inactive people.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Jeju National University, 102 Jejudaehakno, Jeju-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province 690-756, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: health21@jejunu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Sang-Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Research Institute for Medical Sciences, 55 Munhwa-Ro, Joong-Gu, Daejeon 301-747, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: woung@cnu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Chul-Woung
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, Youngdong University, 310 Daehakno, Youngdongeup, Youngdonggun, Chungbuk 370-701, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: jeonghee314@yd.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Jeong-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: National Health Insurance Service/Health Insurance Policy Research Institute, 254-8, Gongdeok-dong, 130, Mapo-daero, Mapo-gu, Seoul 121-710, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: ibid00@hanmail.net.
authors.forename: Nam-Kyu
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Employment; South Korea; Unmet healthcare needs