Eunhee Lee

Turnover of newly graduated nurses is highly inefficient personnel management. A strategy for reducing the turnover is needed.

BACKGROUND: Osteoporotic fractures (OFs) in the elderly are common worldwide, and the predicted number of the aging population is increasing the burden of OF on health care systems. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the economic burden of OF in people older than 65 years in South Korea from a societal perspective. METHODS: National Health Insurance claim databases were used to analyze health care utilization and medical costs of OF in the Korean population (49 million). We identified medical claims record

AIM: To analyse patient factors and nurse staffing-related issues involving hospital-acquired pressure ulcers in patients at two types of hospital. BACKGROUND: Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers are important for the safety of hospitalized patients. Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers not only cause health problems, but also pose an economic burden to patients. In addition to patient factors such as mobility and skin integrity, hospital factors such as nurse staffing can also affect the management

AIM: This study aimed to analyse the impact of resilience on turnover among newly graduated nurses. BACKGROUND: Nurse turnover is a major issue in nurse management that results in economic losses and affects patient and nurse outcomes. Newly graduated nurses experience stress and burnout during their transition period, leaving their job due to contextual and personal factors. Nurses' resilience affects turnover directly and indirectly through the mediating effect of stress and burnout. METHODS:

An adequate level of nursing staff is an essential factor in the number of patient falls.

This paper presents a unified framework to investigate the effect of international trade on the increase of inequality in both high- and low-income countries. I embed workers’ Roy-like occupational choice problem into a multi-country, multi-industry, and multi-factor trade model to study the distributional effect of trade at a disaggregate level. Workers are heterogeneous in their industry- and occupation-specific productivities, and they sort into the industry and occupation in which they hav

AIM: In-hospital fall is one key safety issue in a healthcare setting. Although healthcare providers apply several strategies for preventing falls, falls still occur in hospitals. The aim of this study was to investigate patient-level and organizational-level factors influencing in-hospital falls. DESIGN: A multicentre retrospective observational study. METHODS: This study used the national healthcare database and supplemented with organizational data obtained through a survey. Data extraction a

This study showed that COPD has a major effect on healthcare costs, particularly direct medical costs. Thus, appropriate long-term interventions are recommended to lower the economic burden of COPD in South Korea.

BACKGROUND: Social media plays an important role as a source for obtaining or sharing health information. It is frequently used as a resource by pregnant women who seek information and emotional support regarding their physical and role changes. To provide high-quality support for pregnant women, it is important to determine what topics they want information on from social media during their pregnancy, and what effects they expect from each topic. This study investigates what topics pregnant wom

BACKGROUND: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is highly prevalent in Korea and is the third-leading cause of death in Korea; however, the economic cost of ACS on Korean society has not been investigated. This study examined the economic effect of ACS on the Korean population during the period 2004 to 2009. METHODS: The analysis used the cost of illness (COI) framework. Data on direct medical costs, direct non-medical costs, and productivity loss related to ACS morbidity and mortality were included.