Using data mining method to explore the hospital visited characteristic by the elders in Sunmin district of Kaoshiung city

碩士 === 國立高雄醫學大學 === 公共衛生學研究所碩士在職專班 === 90 === The purpose of this study is to import the new studies and the managed method─data mining proves its usability in the management field of a hospital, by using this tool to explore, dig, and discuss the hospital visited characteristics of the elders throu...

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Main Author: 陳益良
Other Authors: 邱亨嘉
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2002
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65506883950046205707
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Summary:碩士 === 國立高雄醫學大學 === 公共衛生學研究所碩士在職專班 === 90 === The purpose of this study is to import the new studies and the managed method─data mining proves its usability in the management field of a hospital, by using this tool to explore, dig, and discuss the hospital visited characteristics of the elders through the exploration of the demographic characteristics and the information of the expenses of National Health Insurance. The samples of this study are collected from the elders in Sunmin district of Kaohsiung city, taken out of “The Chinese-version Multidimensional Function Assessment Questionnaire.” According the elders’ ID to the Bureau of National Health Insurance Kao-Ping Branch, there were 865 inpatient cases and 65334 outpatient cases from July 1998 to June 2001. After data processing, it is data mined by the exploring analysis tool Uniminer V3.1 which was developed by Taiwan UniMiner Technology Co. The result of the study exploration finds: The 60.3% elders choose to stay in the Medical Center, 34.7% elders choose to live near by the Medical Center, 70% reliability shows that the elders who have nationality of foreign province, high academic achievement, and free charges choose to stay in the outpatient department of the Medical Center, 82% reliability shows low payment of medical charge elders choose to see the doctors in the General Practice, and the elders will also choose to see both of the Chinese traditional medicine and the western medicine at a time, afterwards, asking for the famous doctors in different hospitals. The usage of data mining method in the management field of hospitals is really possible, but it still need more widely experimental evidence. For the phenomenon of patients wavering among several hospitals, it’s worthy for us to keep exploring and provide the procedures of the prevention, in order to avoid of the repetitive squander of medical resources.