title: Factors associated with health services utilization between the years 2010 and 2012 in Korea: using Andersen's Behavioral model.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to examine the factors associated with health services utilization using Andersen's behavioral model.
  
  
  METHODS
  We collected Korea Health Panel data between the years 2010 and 2012 from the consortium of the National Health Insurance Service and the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, and analyzed the data to determine the outpatients and inpatients of health services utilization.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Health services utilization was more significantly explained by predisposing and need factors than enabling factors. The outpatients were examined more specifically; sex, age, and marital status as predisposing factors, and chronic illness as a need factor were the variables that had significant effects on health-services-utilization experience. The inpatients were examined more specifically: sex, age, and marital status in predisposing factors; education level, economic activities, and insurance type in enabling factors; and chronic illness and disability status in need factors were the significant variables having greater effects on health-services-utilization experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study suggests the practical implications for providing health services for outpatients and inpatients. Moreover, verifying the general characteristics of outpatients and inpatients by focusing on their health services utilization provides the baseline data for establishing health service policies and programs with regard to the recently increasing interest in health services.
authors.affiliation: BK21PLUS Program in Embodiment: Health-Society Interaction, Department of Public Health Sciences, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Han-Kyoul
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: School of Health Policy and Management, College of Health Science, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Munjae
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Andersen's behavioral model; Korea health panel; health services utilization; inpatient; outpatient