Health Disparities in Contemporary Korean Society - Issues and Subpopulations

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.

List 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

About the author

Sou Hyun Jang is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan University.Joong-Hwan Oh is professor of sociology at Hunter College of The City University of New York.Joong-Hwan Oh is professor of sociology at Hunter College of The City University of New York.

Product details

• Authors: Sou Hyun Oh Jang
• Assisted by: Sou Hyun Jang (Editor), Joong-Hwan Oh (Editor), Oh Joong-Hwan (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781793632104
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-210-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Korean Communities across the World; Korean Communities Across the
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, South Korea, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies