생활인구 개념을 반영한 지역 유형화 분석: 전국 기초자치단체를 중심으로

민보경,최지선 한국도시행정학회 2023 도시 행정 학보 Vol.36 No.4

본 연구는 통계청의 인구 및 지역통계와 한국관광공사가 제공하는 빅데이터 기반의 관광통계를 활용함으로써 생활인구 개념을 반영하여 지역을 유형화하고 특성을 살펴보고자 하였다. 분석 결과 전국의229개 시군구는 총 6개의 군집으로 분류되었다. 군집1은 9개 지역이 해당되었으며, 외부인구 유입이많은 편이고 통근통학인구 규모가 큰 것을 알 수 있었다. 군집2는 11개 지역이 해당되었으며 관광소비액, 외부방문자 수가 높은 수준으로 나타났다. 군집3은 25개 지역이 해당되었으며 인구증가율이 높고, 청년층의 유입이 많은 것을 알 수 있었다. 군집4는 28개 지역으로 고령인구의 비율이 높으며 숙박방문자 비율이 높은 편으로 나타났다. 군집5는 85개 지역으로 숙박방문자의 비율은 낮으며, 체류시간도 짧은 편이었다. 군집6은 71개 지역이 해당되며 유소년 인구 비율이 낮고, 통근통학 유입인구가 적고, 검색건수가 가장 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 생활인구의 개념을 활용하여 인구감소 유형과특성을 검토함으로써 지역적 특성을 세밀하게 고려한 맞춤형 지역인구 전략의 필요성을 확인하였다는점에서 의의가 있다. This study attempted to classify regions by examining the characteristics of the de facto population using regional statistics from Statistics Korea and data-based tourism statistics provided by the Korea Tourism Organization. As a result of the analysis, 229 cities, counties, and districts across the country were classified into a total of six groups. Cluster 1 comprised of 9 areas, where a large influx of outside population was found, and the size of the commute population was large. Cluster 2 included 11 areas, with high levels of tourism consumption and number of external visitors. Cluster 3 comprised 25 areas, and it was found that the population growth rate was high and there was a large influx of young people. Cluster 4 comprised of 28 areas with a high proportion of elderly population and a high proportion of overnight visitors. Cluster 5 consisted of 85 areas, with a low proportion of overnight visitors and a short stay. Cluster 6 covered 71 areas and had a low youth population ratio and low commuting population. This study is significant in that it confirms the need for a customized regional population strategy that takes detailed regional characteristics into consideration by examining the types of population decline using the concept of living population in addition to the settled population.

수용체 중심의 환경정책 활용을 위한 대기오염의 노출위험인구 산정 연구

배현주 ( Hyun-joo Bae ),이승민,정다운,이종태,박주영 한국환경연구원 2017 수시연구보고서 Vol.2017 No.-

본 연구는 대기오염의 노출위험인구 산정과 관련한 국내외 사례와 방법론을 검토하고 이를 토대로 국내 대기오염 노출위험인구를 산정하였으며 수용체 중심의 환경정책 활용방안을 제시하였다. 국내 적용 가능한 대기오염의 노출위험인구 산정방법을 마련하기 위하여 우선 국내외 노출위험인구 산정과 관련한 내용을 살펴보았다. 국외의 경우 유럽, 미국의 대기오염으로 인한 노출위험인구 산정 지표, 기준, 산출방법, 활용과 관련한 내용을 정리하고 국내 대기오염의 노출위험인구 산정을 위한 시사점을 도출하였다. 본 연구에서는 국내 대기환경기준 초과 노출위험인구 산정에 있어 하나의 기준이 아닌 1) 장기기준(연평균) 2) 단기기준(일평균) 3) 대기질지수와 통합대기환경지수 4) 민감집단으로 구분하여 기준별로 노출위험인구를 산정하였다. 장기기준인 연평균 기준에 의한 노출위험인구 산정에 연평균 기준이 설정된 미세먼지(PM₁₀), 초미세먼지(PM_2.5), 이산화질소(NO₂), 이산화황(SO₂)을 중심으로 대기환경기준과 세계보건기구 권고기준, 유럽연합 대기질 기준을 초과한 지역에 거주하고 있는 인구분율(%)을 노출위험인구 비율로 산출하여 비교하였다. 2005년부터 2015년까지 전국 251개 시군구를 대상으로 국내 대기환경기준(50㎍/㎥)을 초과한 지역의 노출위험인구 비율은 미세먼지(PM10)의 경우 연도별로 크게 차이가 났으며 세계보건기구 권고기준(20㎍/㎥)을 적용하였을 때 미세먼지(PM10)의 경우 11년간 노출위험인구 비율은 100%, 유럽연합 대기질 기준(40㎍/㎥)을 적용하였을 때 90% 이상으로 나타났다. 2005~2015년까지 7대 도시를 중심으로 단기기준인 일평균 대기환경기준에 따른 노출위험인구를 산정하였으며 세계보건기구 권고기준과 비교하였다. 미세먼지(PM₁₀), 초미세먼지(PM_2.5), 이산화질소(NO₂), 이산화황(SO₂), 오존(O₃)별로 일평균 기준을 초과한 일수를 파악하고 전체 모니터링한 일수에서 초과 일수가 차지하는 비율을 산출하였으며 이에 따른 노출위험인구를 산정하였다. 미세먼지(PM₁₀)와 초미세먼지(PM_2.5)의 평균 초과 일수는 국내대기환경기준과 세계보건기구 권고기준을 적용하였을 때 4배 이상 차이가 나는 것으로 나타났다. 대기질 지수를 적용한 노출위험인구 산정에서는 2005~2015년까지 7대 도시를 중심으로 미국의 대기질지수(AQI)와 한국의 통합대기환경지수(CAI) 두 지수를 모두 적용하여 대기질 지수에 따른 가중 인구수를 산정하였다. 7대 도시 74개 시군구별로 대기질 지수와 통합대기환경지수의 인구 가중 일수를 산출하였다. 대기질지수(AQI)의 경우 대구와 서울일부 지역에서, 통합대기환경지수(CAI) 기준을 초과한 인구 가중 일수는 서울과 인천 지역에서 높게 나타났다. 민감·취약집단은 15세 미만 연령 어린이 천식 입원 환자를 대상으로 연평균 기준과 일평균기준을 각각 적용하여 노출위험인구를 산정하였다. 미세먼지(PM10)의 경우 연평균 기준을 적용하였을 때 노출위험인구는 일반 전체 연령과 비교하여 유사한 패턴을 보였으나 일평균기준을 적용하였을 때는 지역적 차이가 발생하였다. 대기오염의 노출위험인구 산정방법과 결과를 바탕으로 한 수용체 중심의 환경정책 활용방안으로 환경보건관리 목표의 설정, 대기관리 등 환경정책 관리 운영상의 개선, 환경보건지표의 개선 및 활용도 향상 등을 제시하였다. The objectives of this research were to (1) examine domestic and foreign case studies, as well as their methodologies, regarding estimation of air pollution exposure risk population ; (2) calculate population at risk from air pollution based on the results; and (3) suggest receptor-oriented implementation of air pollution-related policies. First, to determine the methodology for calculation of air pollution exposure risk population, we examined the contents of relevant Korean and foreign case studies. In the case of foreign cases, we specifically analyzed indices, criteria, methodology, and applications from European and U.S. publications. From our results, we drew up conclusions regarding application of these case studies for calculation of air pollution exposure risk population in Korea. To calculate exposure risk population from air pollution, we did not use a single criteria. Instead, we calculated risk population based on (1) long-term criteria (yearly mean), (2) short-term criteria (daily mean), (3) comprehensive air-quality index, or (4) vulnerable population. For long-term criteria (yearly mean), we used indices with established yearly mean criteria (fine particles (PM10), ultrafine particles (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), and sulfur dioxide (SO₂)). We included populations from 251 si-gun-gu exposed between 2005 and 2015. We designated the percentage of the population residing in areas surpassing the above-mentioned criteria as exposure risk population, and compared the results derived from the air quality criteria, WHO air quality guideline, and EU standard. In the case of PM10, there was a huge yearly variation. When the WHO guideline (20μg/m³) was applied, population at risk of air pollution exposure was 100% during the 11 years examined. When the EU standard (40μg/m³) was applied, over 90% of the population was at risk from air pollution exposure. For short-term criteria, we focused on the populations from 7 major cities between the years 2005 and 2015. We calculated the exposure risk population according to daily mean air quality criteria, and compared them to the estimates following the WHO guideline. We determined the number of days with air quality exceeding the daily mean criteria for PM10, PM2.5, NO₂, SO₂ and ozone (O₃), and calculated the percent of such days among total days monitored. We then calculated the exposure risk population. The number of days that exceeds the daily mean criteria for PM10 differed at least four fold between the Korean air quality criteria and the WHO guideline. In calculating the exposure risk population using air quality indices, we applied both the U.S. air quality index (AQI) and the Korean comprehensive air quality index (CAI) to calculate the air quality index-weighted population among populations at 7 major cities for the years 2005-2015. In addition, we calculated the number of days weighted on the population and air quality index for each of the 7 cities and 74 si-gun-gu. In case of AQI, parts of Daegu and Seoul were rated high. Seoul and Incheon were rated high for number of days weighted on the population exceeding CAI value. For the vulnerable population, we calculated the exposure risk population by applying both the yearly mean criteria and the daily mean criteria. The calculated exposure risk population for PM10 was similar to the general population when the yearly mean criteria was used, but showed regional variation when the daily mean criteria was used. Finally, we used the results of this research to suggest receptor-oriented implementation of environmental policy, such as setting environmental health management goals; operational improvement of management, including air pollution management; improvement and increased applicability of environmental health indices.

도쿄 특별구의 인구 유입과 유출 분석

김용민 한일경상학회 2021 韓日經商論集 Vol.90 No.-

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to analyze the factors of inflow and outflow of the population in Tokyo special wards. 11% of Japanese population is focused in Tokyo and 70% of Tokyo citizens are living in Tokyo special wards. These days, the population inflow which causes an increase in the population of Tokyo special wards is larger than outflow. In this point, it is meaningful to analyze net inflow and outflow of the population in Tokyo special wards. Research design, data, and methodology: In this research, the setting of variables which represent the circumstance of Tokyo special wards is important. Because the result of research depends on the variable setting. The variables are set to indicate the economic and social factors. Also, It is considered that external diseconomies such as increased land values and housing cost are resulted from the unbalance of supply and demand caused by continuous population inflow. Results: First, the population density is the strongest variable on inflow and outflow of the population. Inflow and outflow of the population is mostly prompted by young people. Second, outflow of the population is mainly caused by the age group between 25 and 39 in which people usually care their children. Third, the social factors affect outflow of population more than the economic factors do. Fourth, the average land value is one of the factor in population change. Inflow and outflow of the population in special wards are mainly caused by young people affected from economic and social factors. Population inflow is caused from the cities in metropolitan area where the people tend to move into Tokyo special wards. Implications: Population density is the main factor of inflow and outflow of the population. The fact that population moving is largely prompted by young people and especially women lead to meaningful results. Comparing to non-capital area, lots of universities, major companies, regular working positions, service businesses are located in metropolitan area, and those are act as factors of movement of population. Most of all, people from non-capital area are flowing into Tokyo special wards to broaden their opportunity of university and job.

A Study on the Population Structure and Aging of Reunified Korea

Yousung Park(박유성),Saebom Jeon(전새봄) 서울대학교 사회발전연구소 2015 Journal of Asian Sociology Vol.44 No.3

The Republic of Korea is undergoing both unprecedented, rapid population aging and lowest-low fertility problems. These population trends eventually cause a population decline, manpower decrease, and other related socio-economic problems. Recently, reunification of the two Koreas has been discussed as a possible breakthrough to overcome population problems. This paper first conducts a population projection of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and then predicts the future population of a reunified Korea under possible scenarios of fertility and mortality. We further examine the population structure of reunified Korea using age-specific populations, aging indices and dependency ratios to investigate population aging and the socio-economic sustainability of the reunified Korea. Based on the projection results, reunification cannot drastically change the aging trend of the Republic of Korea, but can delay the decrease of the working- age population.

맬서스의 『인구론』에 나타난 결핍과 과잉의 정치학

박혜영 영미문학연구회 2020 영미문학연구 Vol.38 No.-

Population has been a highly controversial topic since the age of political economy until today as the number of world population is reaching 10 billion by the year 2050. The growth of population is accounted as a dismal symptom of the apocalypse of humanities because it requires more natural resources that are fundamentally finite. Malthus was a progenitor of casting this kind of pessimistic view on the population by demonstrating how deeply the question of increasing population was connected to the predicaments of the poor in the Romantic Britain. In his Essay on the Principle of Population, which was anonymously published in 1798 and immediately attracted a lot of public contention, Malthus, as a leading political economist then, introduced a fundamental fear of boundless increasing rate of population and its apocalyptic results in the future of the state, saying in his famous population theorem that “population increased in a geometrical ratio, and subsistence for man in an arithmetical ratio.” In this context, this paper examines Malthus’s view on the deficiency of nature, which brings scarcity in economy and the excess of sexual desire, which breeds surplus of manpower in demography. This paper examines Population as reflections of his ideas of political economy on the matter of mathematical imbalance between the power of productions(nature) and the power of reproductions(population). He argued that the later so greatly exceeds the power of food production that population should always be held within the resource limits through two types of checks; positive checks that raise the death rate and preventive checks that lower the birth rate. This article traces Malthus’s fearsome anxiety on the advance of over-population state by studying his two checks through which he dismisses the idea of the Gordwinian utopianism as unrealistic and undesirable for the poor. It was rather fear itself that led those uncivilized savage of the rural England out of their state of nature and to the better living condition in future.

시도별 장래 인구추계(1995~2020)

김태헌(Tai-Hun Kim),정환영(Hwan-Yeong Jeong) 한국인구학회 1999 한국인구학 Vol.22 No.1

1995년 시ㆍ도별 인구를 기준으로 2020년까지 5년 간격으로 16개 시ㆍ도의 성ㆍ연령별 인구를 코호트조성법을 이용하여 추계하였다. 전국인구가 1995년에 4.593만명에서 5.236만명(2020년)으로 643만명이 증가하는 동안 주변지역으로 인구의 전출이 많은 서울과 부산의 인구가 감소할 것이며, 도시로의 인구 전출이 많은 강원과 전남ㆍ북의 인구도 감소할 것으로 전망하고 있다. 그러나 전국 인구증가율보다 더 빠른 증가로 전국인구에 대한 인구 구성비가 높아지는 시도는 인천, 광주, 대전, 울산을 포함하는 신흥대도시와 경기도에 불과하며, 충북과 제주의 인구구성비는 같은 수준을 유지할 것이다. 서울인구는 1.034만명(1995년)에서 2000년에 1998만명으로, 2020년에 941만명으로 감소하여 전국인구에 대한 구성비가 22.9%(1995)에서 18.0%(2020)로 감소할 것이다. 그러나 경기도의 인구는 같은 기간에 774만명(1995)에서 1.319만명(2020)으로 증가한다. 서울, 인천, 경기를 포함하는 수도권인구는 인천과 경기인구의 증가로 1995년에 2,041만명(45.3%)에서 2020년에 약 530만명이 늘어난 2.571만명으로 전국인구의 49.1%를 포함하게 된다. 그 외 대도시권의 인구는 모두 증가하였으나 주변도의 인구가 감소하거나, 증가하여도 전국평균 수준보다 낮아서 전국인구 대비 인구구성비가 대전권을 제외하고 모두 낮아졌다. We projected the population by age and sex, by 7 Special Cities and 9 Provinces for 25 years (1995~2020) based on 1995 population by region using cohort component method. For this projection, we projected ASFRs, survival ratios, sex ratios at birth, and net internal migration rates by age and sex, and by region. While Korean total population is increasing by 6,430 thousand persons from 45,930 thousand in 1995 to 52,360 thousand in 2020, the populations of two most populated Special Cities (Seoul and Pusan) and three lowest urbanized Provinces (Kangwon, Jeonnam and Jeonbuk) are expected to decrease. Only the populations of four newly developed Special Cities (Incheon, Kwangju, Taejeon and Ulsan) and Kyungki Province boarded with Seoul and Incheon will experience population increase faster than the total population. Seoul population will decrease from 10.340 thousand persons in 1995 to 9,410 thousand in 2020, which proportion to the total population will decline from 22.9% to 18.0% in same period. Since Kyunggi population, however, will increase from 7.740 thousand persons in 1995 to 13,190 thousand in 2020, the population of Capital Metropolitan Area including Seoul, Incheon and Kyunggi will increase by about 5,300 thousand persons from 20,410 thousand in 1995 to 25,710 thousand in 2020, which approaches to half of the total population in 2020.

Population Estimation using Land use Land Cover Data from Landsat TM Images - Implementation and Limitations -

김화환 국토지리학회 2006 국토지리학회지 Vol.40 No.4

Accurate population estimation is one of the most essential techniques to supplement decennial census data. The expanded and timely availability of remotely sensed data provides a practical way to estimate between-census population for a small area by incorporating land use land cover information extracted from satellite images into estimation process. The accuracy of population estimation utilizing land use land cover map extracted from RS data is determined by several factors. Besides the accuracy of image classification, explicit statistical relationship between land use land cover information and actual population count has a critical importance for effective estimation. The statistical relationship is modeled by a regression analysis where pixel counts of land use land cover raster map and population count are used as explanatory variables and dependent variable respectively. This research tests several regression models to explore the statistical relationship between land use characteristic and population count in census block group level. The performance of each model is evaluated in two ways. Firstly, the estimated total population of sampled the study area is compared to the actual census population. The allometric growth model based on the strong relationship between the logarithmic value of population and the number of high-density residential pixels gives the closest estimate in terms of total population count. Secondly, the regression coefficients calculated by the regression analysis of sampled census block groups data are utilized to estimate population counts in all census block groups. The ?focused? model and ?simple? model that use residential pixels only give the best estimation in terms of the absolute mean relative error. Spatial distribution of relative errors shows a clear tendency of underestimation in highly populated area and overestimation in the low-density area.

유학으로 인구문제 성찰하기— 관계인구 개념의 유학적 활용을 중심으로 —

안승우 한국철학사연구회 2024 한국 철학논집 Vol.0 No.82

본 논문은 유학의 관점에서 관계인구 개념을 분석하고 그 실천적 적용에 관해 논의했다. 관계인구 개념은 일본의 지역 저널리스트와 활동가들에 의해 제시되고 정착된 개념으로 정주‧이주 인구, 교류‧관광 인구 사이에 놓여 있는 개념이다. 지역에 정주하지는 않지만 지역문제에 관심을 가지고 활동할 수 있는 인구를 늘리는 개념으로 인구문제에 새로운 활로를 열 수 있는 개념으로 각광 받고 있다. 유학은 관계에 초점을 맞춰온 철학이다. 관계의 철학으로서 유학으로 관계인구 개념에 어떻게 접근할 수 있을지 본 논문에서 살펴보았다. 유학의 관계는 세 가지 측면에서 살펴볼 수 있다. 첫째는 문제와의 관계로 문제를 현상적으로만 보지 않고 문제의 근원, 문제의 본질을 들여다보게 하는 유학적 생각법이다. 그 과정에서 절실한 물음, 문제의 자기화가 이루어진다. 둘째로 ‘나’와의 관계이다. 유학은 현실문제를 ‘나’와의 관계에서 들여다보게 하며 그 과정에서 ‘나’의 타자에게로 열린 욕구가 인정된다. 현실문제에 진중한 원칙을 가지고 접근하지만 내가 원하는 것, 내가 즐거워하는 것이 남이 원하는 것, 사회가 원하는 것과 만나게 한다. 셋째로 타자‧사회와의 관계이다. 유학에서 타자와의 관계, 사회 속에서의 실천은 가까운 데에서부터 시작한다. 주제‧지역‧관계적으로 자신과 가까운 데에서 시작해야 하며, 소소하고 일상적인 데에서 시작하여 이를 확충해 나갈 것으로 요구한다. 밀도 있는 관계맺음을 통해 확장해 가는 방식이다. 이러한 현실 실천 문제에서 유학의 관계 개념을 인구문제에 적용하면 인구문제의 진짜 문제가 되는 문제의 근원을 발견하는 것으로 이어진다. 또한 그렇게 발견한 진짜 문제가 ‘나’의 문제와 연결되고 자기성찰, 자기 발견으로 이어질 수 있다. 인구문제와 자신의 문제가 접점이 되는 지점을 발견함으로써 장기적‧지속적인 활동을 이어갈 수 있다. This paper analyzes the concept of the relational population from the perspective of Confucianism and discusses its practical application. The concept of the relational population, introduced and developed by Japanese local journalists and activists, lies between the residential and migrant populations, as well as the exchange and tourism populations. Although it does not settle in the region, it offers a potential solution to population problems by increasing the relational population in situations where increasing the actual population is challenging. This concept goes beyond the traditional quantitative view of population, allowing for a deeper understanding of the individuals who constitute the population. Confucianism is a philosophy that emphasizes relationships. This paper explores how Confucianism, as a philosophy of relations, can approach the concept of the relational population. Relationships in Confucianism can be examined from three perspectives. First, Confucianism offers a way of thinking that seeks to understand the root and essence of problems, rather than merely addressing their symptoms. Reflecting on fundamental issues facilitates the necessary questioning and understanding of the problem. Second, it involves the relationship with the self. Confucianism encourages examining real problems in relation to oneself. Through this process, one recognizes the open desire for others. While addressing real problems with serious principles, one’s personal desires and societal needs intersect. This perspective allows for a more positive view of Confucian practice, often seen as self-sacrificial and coercive. Third, it pertains to relationships with others and society. In Confucianism, relationships with others and societal practice begin at a close distance. In terms of subject, region, and relationship, it should start nearby and gradually expand from small, everyday interactions. This expansion occurs through dense relationships. Applying Confucian concepts of relationships to population issues helps identify the core problems underlying population challenges. This approach also links these core issues to personal reflection and self-discovery. Long-term and continuous activities can be sustained by finding connections between population problems and personal issues. Additionally, it allows for a renewed exploration of local institutions such as hyanggyo and seowon, which are closely related to population issues and Confucianism.

계획인구는 왜 정확히 추정되지 못하는가? : 경북의 23개 시·군을 대상으로

김준형 국토연구원 2012 국토연구 Vol.72 No.-

Overestimation of local population growth may be contributed to the noncompliance to the government planning guidelines. Most municipalities in Gyeongbuk have been reluctant to firstly test its assumption of trend extrapolation; secondly to compare between the results of survival analysis and local population growth; and fianlly to review the relevant case studies of migration patterns. However, the study found that the most critical problem in the population forecast is that the level of compliance does not correspond to the level of accuracy. Given the past population change, this study suggested a couple of the alternative guideline in the population forecast. First, the planners should take account of a historically accepted range of population change and its natural and social changes as a baseline of population analysis. Second, the planners make sure that there is a strongly positive correlation found between natural change and social change in population. Third, population growth, therefore, should be estimated by entailing both natural increase “and” social increase of population. Finally, it is also recommended that the municipalities with population size of 200 thousand or less should prepare a high risk of population decrease. 경북의 시·군별 기본계획을 분석한 결과, 인구추정에 관한 계획지침은 대부분 준수되지 않고 있었다. 특히 추세연장법에서의 적합도 검증, 생잔법의 추정결과와 최근 인구증가율의 비교, 인구유입률에 대한 과거 및 유사사례 검토, 인구유출지역의 구체화 및 인구유출의 정당성 분석 등의 사항들이 지켜지는 지역들은 거의 발견할 수 없었다. 그러나 계획지침을 잘 준수하고 있음에도 불구하고 적지 않은 인구추정의 오차를 발생시키는 지역은 현재 절차기준 위주의 계획지침에 한계가 있음을 시사한다. 이에 본 연구는 과거 인구변화의 특성에 기초하여 다음과 같은 사항들이 계획인구의 산정에 성과기준으로 검토될 필요가 있음을 제안한다. 첫째, 인구의 전반적 변화 및 자연적·사회적 변화의 역사적 범위가 존재한다. 둘째, 인구의 자연적 변화와 사회적 변화 사이에는 매우 높은 양의 상관관계가 존재한다. 셋째, 따라서 인구의 증가는 인구의 자연적 증가와 사회적 증가 모두와 함께 나타날 가능성이 매우 높다. 넷째, 인구 20만 미만의 도시는 상대적으로 인구의 감소를 경험할 확률이 높다. 다만 이상의 결과를 경북이 아닌 전국 지역으로 일반화하기 위해서는 전국을 대상으로 인구변화의 특성을 분석하는 후속연구가 이루어져야 할 것이다.

지역별 요양기관의 분포에 영향을 미치는 인구관련 요인

이선경 ( Sun Kyoung Lee ),조은성 ( Eun Seong Cho ),윤석준 ( Seok Jun Yoon ) 한국병원경영학회 2013 병원경영학회지 Vol.18 No.2

Few public health researchers have paid research attention to the location of medical institutions in Korea. Previous studies were published in geography journals, and relied on limited data in terms of geographic regions and the type of medical institutions. This study utilized nationwide data covering 8 types of medical institutions. We obtained data from Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service and National Population and Housing Census. The correlation coefficients of resident, daytime, university-graduate population, and the population of different age groups (fewer than 15, 15~64, 65 or more) were compared to understand their relative association with the location of medical institutions. Medical clinic, dental clinic, oriental medical clinic, and pharmacy, all of which are almost completely operated by private sector, showed strong positive correlation with population. Hospital-level medical institutions, which are operated by both public and private sector, had moderate positive correlation. Daytime population and university-graduate population, rather than resident population, were more correlated with the location of medical clinics. The correlation coefficients of the population of 15~64 age group and the location of medical institutions were greater than that of other age groups. The results showed that daytime and university-graduate population are more important than resident population to explain the location of medicalrelated facilities. The results also suggests that the population of age groups (especially, 15~64) might be one of important influence factors in the location of medical institutions.correlation. Daytime population and university-graduate population, rather than resident population, were more correlated with the location of medical clinics. The correlation coefficients of the population of 15~64 age group and the location of medical institutions were greater than that of other age groups. The results showed that daytime and university-graduate population are more important than resident population to explain the location of medicalrelated facilities. The results also suggests that the population of age groups (especially, 15~64) might be one of important influence factors in the location of medical institutions.