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A Study on the Evaluation and Improvement of Healing Environment for Public Hospital wards considering Elderly Inpatient Characteristics - Focused on the Public Hospitals in Yeongnam area
JOURNAL OF THE KOREA INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ARCHITECTURE
Abbr :
KIHA
2014, 20(3), pp.7-15
Publisher : Korea Institute Of Healthcare Architecture
Research Area : Architectural Engineering
2014, 20(3), pp.7-15
Publisher : Korea Institute Of Healthcare Architecture
Research Area : Architectural Engineering
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Purpose: This study is to propose direction for healing environment design in hospital architectureconsidering the characteristics of elderly patients. The primary goal of a public hospital is providingcheap health care and quality service chance to the underprivileged and elderly in the dead zone. Compared to the rapid increase of the aged population and chronic diseases, Ministry of Health& Welfare is currently planning model of health promotion hospital in development plans of localbased public hospital. Due to the increased elderly medical expenses, elderly patients’ highutilization is considered. Methods: The literature on the design factors of healing environments wereinvestigated. based on this, analyzed drawings of surveyed hospitals ward in architecturalcharacteristics and observe and evaluate directly healing environment design through field surveys. Results: The design of hospital environment affects patient’s therapeutic effect. There is no anyofficial formula for hospital design but environment that architect create could be a big part of thehealing process. To increase the quality of the environment, apply the characteristic factors andharmonize well as a human-centered healing environment. Implications: Healing environmentdesign for the elderly is first necessary condition due to high proportion of elderly patients.
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