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Health Disparities in Contemporary Korean Society

Issues and Subpopulations

Sou Hyun Jang (Anthology Editor) , Joong-Hwan Oh (Anthology Editor) , Joong-Hwan Oh (Contributor) , Sou Hyun Jang (Contributor) , Kimin Kwon (Contributor) , Jae Bum Park (Contributor) ,
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Health Disparities in Contemporary Korean Society

Issues and Subpopulations

Sou Hyun Jang (Anthology Editor) , Joong-Hwan Oh (Anthology Editor) , Joong-Hwan Oh (Contributor) , Sou Hyun Jang (Contributor) , Kimin Kwon (Contributor) , Jae Bum Park (Contributor) ,
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Description

This edited volume unveils diverse issues and factors related to health disparities in contemporary Korean Society. It illustrates how economic and social changes unequally impact different subpopulations, including employees, the elderly, children, and immigrants and describes why health policy and intervention is needed now.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Disparities in Health and Healthcare Utilization

Section 1: Self-Rated Health

Chapter 1: Association between Employment Status and Self-Rated Health: Korean Working Conditions Survey
Kimin Kwon, Jae Bum Park, Kyung-Jong Lee, and Yoon-Sik Cho

Chapter 2: Social Capital and its Association with Health and Well-Being: An Individual-Level Analysis in Seoul, South Korea
Sehee Han, Heaseung Kim, and Hee-Sun Lee

Section 2: Health Insurance & Healthcare Utilization

Chapter 3: Paying Out-of-Pocket for Health Care in Korea: Changes in Catastrophic and Poverty Impact over a Decade of 1996-2005
TaeJin Lee

Chapter 4: Multilevel Analysis of Health Care Service Utilization among Medical Aid Beneficiaries in Korea
Yang Heui Ahn, Ok Kyung Ham, Soo Hyun Kim, and Chang Gi Park

Part II: Health Disparities among Different Population Groups

Section 3: Employee Health

Chapter 5: The Association between Long Working Hours and Self-Rated Health
Jun-Taek Song, Goeun Lee, Jongho

Product details

Published Dec 10 2020
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 304
ISBN 9781793632104
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 8 b/w illustrations; 64 tables;
Dimensions 241 x 162 mm
Series Korean Communities across the World
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

SJ
Anthology Editor

Sou Hyun Jang

JO
Anthology Editor

Joong-Hwan Oh

JO
Contributor

Joong-Hwan Oh

SJ
Contributor

Sou Hyun Jang

KK
Contributor

Kimin Kwon

JP
Contributor

Jae Bum Park

KL
Contributor

Kyung-Jong Lee

YC
Contributor

Yoon-Sik Cho

SH
Contributor

Sehee Han

HK
Contributor

Heaseung Kim

HL
Contributor

Hee-Sun Lee

TL
Contributor

TaeJin Lee

YA
Contributor

Yang Heui Ahn

OH
Contributor

Ok Kyung Ham

SK
Contributor

Soo Hyun Kim

CP
Contributor

Chang Gi Park

JS
Contributor

Jun-Taek Song

GL
Contributor

Goeun Lee

JK
Contributor

Jongho Kwon

JP
Contributor

Jung-Woo Park

HC
Contributor

Hyunrim Choi

SL
Contributor

Sinye Lim

JP
Contributor

Jin-Soo Park

SK
Contributor

Seyoung Kim

CB
Contributor

Chulin Baek

KL
Contributor

Kyungjong Lee

JJ
Contributor

Jaehyuk Jung

SH
Contributor

Sujin Hong

HJ
Contributor

Harin Jeong

YH
Contributor

Yunjeong Heo

HC
Contributor

Hosun Chun

JP
Contributor

Jongtae Park

DK
Contributor

Daeseong Kim

SL
Contributor

Seonhye Lee

CC
Contributor

Chang Heon Cheong

JK
Contributor

Jimee Kim

JY
Contributor

Jaeeon Yoo

HK
Contributor

Hyoung-Ryoul Kim

KC
Contributor

Kyungwon Choi

HK
Contributor

Hyekyeong Kim

SY
Contributor

Seunghyun Yoo

SC
Contributor

Seon Cho

EK
Contributor

Eun-Joo Kwon

SK
Contributor

Suyoung Kim

JP
Contributor

Ji-Youn Park

YL
Contributor

Yeeun Lee

ML
Contributor

Minji Lee

SP
Contributor

Subin Park

Reviews

  • Editors Jang and Oh, both American-trained sociologists, bring together 15 articles that originally appeared in English in a number of journals published in Korea—seven are from Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. With just a couple of exceptions, the contributing authors come from institutions of higher education or government institutes in Korea. Aimed at readers outside Korea who are interested in health disparities, the essays in this collection explore access to health care as well as the health conditions of populations such as shift workers, night workers, on-call workers, the elderly, female marriage immigrants, and minority youth. Each chapter's careful account of the data bases and methods of analysis used may allow experts on health and public policy to integrate information on Korea into their understandings of health disparities. Recommended.

    Choice Reviews

  • The prolonged coronavirus crisis has heightened the global awareness of the significance of healthcare industry in each country. This heightened awareness calls for more active research on medical industry and healthcare system not only by medical scientists, but also by social scientists. Given this newly emerging phenomenon, this edited book is very timely. The book examines healthcare disparities in South Korea based on social class, occupation, ethnicity, gender, and age. I believe the book will be of great help to social scientists who conduct research on healthcare disparities in South Korea.

    Pyong Gap Min, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY

  • Health consequences of dramatic social and economic changes that Korea has undergone over the past decades are not well understood for non-Korean readers. Health Disparities in Contemporary Korean Society: Issues and Subpopulations, edited by Sou Hyun Jang and Joong-Hwan Oh, successfully compiles 15 essential studies to provide comprehensive understandings of healthcare and healthcare utilization, as well as health differentials across various subgroups in Korea. While most chapters are empirical studies for an academic audience, this book should also be of great interest for a broad audience interested in health and well-being in Korea – a rapidly aging society with growing inequality.

    Hyeyoung Woo, Portland State University

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