Health Policy Manag.  2019 Sep;29(3):323-331. 10.4332/KJHPA.2019.29.3.323.

Effects of Public Health Service Impartiality on Subjective Health Happiness: Mediated Effect of Public Health Service Quality

• Moon SM

• KMID: 2460880
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2019.29.3.323

Abstract

BACKGROUND
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of impartiality in providing public health services on subjective health happiness and the mediated effects of public health service quality. Based on this, this study intends to present policy implications to improve public health services.
METHODS
The research method is multiple linear regression analysis. The analysis of the mediating effects is performed by Baron & Kenny's test, Sobel-Goodman's test, and Bootstrap.
RESULTS
The impartiality of public health services and the quality of public health services are shown to have a statistically significant effect on subjective health happiness. Quality of public health service appears to be mediating the relationship between impartiality in providing public health care and subjective health happiness.
CONCLUSION
To promote people's subjective health happiness, it is necessary to secure impartiality in providing public health services in the first place and improve the quality of public health services.

Keyword

Impartiality of public health service; Quality of public health service; Subjective health happiness

MeSH Terms

Diagnostic Self Evaluation*
Happiness*
Linear Models
Methods
Negotiating
Public Health*
United States Public Health Service*