title: Disparities in precarious workers' health care access in South Korea.
abstract: This study explored whether precarious workers have difficulties in health care access as compared with non-precarious workers.
  
  
  
  The 2008 Korean Community Health Survey data were used for this study. Information was obtained on 51,322 participants (40,514 non-precarious workers and 10,808 precarious workers). Precarious workers were defined as part-time or contingent workers.
  
  
  
  Precarious workers had significantly higher risk of limited access to hospitals (OR = 1.14; 95% CI: 1.06-1.22) and dentists (OR = 1.28; 95% CI: 1.21-1.36) than non-precarious workers; disparities in doctor contacts among precarious workers were mostly linked to not having enough money. The risk of not receiving preventive care-medical checkups (OR = 0.52; 95% CI: 0.49-0.55) or cancer screenings (OR = 0.82; 95% CI: 0.77-0.86)-was also significantly elevated among precarious workers.
  
  
  
  We found that precarious workers had more difficulty accessing health care or receiving health checkups or cancer screenings than their non-precarious counterparts. Am. J. Ind. Med. 59:1136-1144, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Min
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Shin-Goo
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Dalseo-Gu, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyoung-Bok
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Min
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D056910:Republic of Korea; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: health inequality; income inequality; medical access; precarious employment