J Korean Soc Matern Child Health.  2021 Jul;25(3):153-161. 10.21896/jksmch.2021.25.3.153.

The Review and Future Perspectives of the Postpartum Care Service System for the Improvement of the Private-Postpartum Care Center’s Publicity

• Kim HS
• Lee JH
• Lee JR
• Eom JW
• Koo JY
• Park BL
• Park HS
• Sohn IS

• KMID: 2518918
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.21896/jksmch.2021.25.3.153

Abstract

The study aimed to review the current postpartum care service system and suggest measures of improvement for the public reinforcement of the private-postpartum care center (PCC). We conducted a review of literature, including an internet search, and we analyzed the in-depth interviews using questionnaires answered by workers from the 6 private-PCCs operated in Goyang city. Using these data, we derived possible measures which could improve the publicity of private-PCCs. It was found that the 11 nationwide public-PCCs had serious operating deficits, and its utilization by the vulnerable was insufficient. In areas where private-PCCs are concentrated, we can propose the following policies to strengthen publicity, rather than establishing another public-PCC. First, it is important to provide support for private-PCCs to apply cost reductions for vulnerable groups, similar to the maternal and newborn medical care of public-PCCs. Second, publicity would be strengthened by reorganizing the pregnancy and childbirth education program, while also offering additional services for mothers with stillbirths and abortions. For the integrated management of postpartum care services, this should be shifted towards reinforcing the publicity of private-PCCs, rather than operating a public-PCC in relatively concentrated private-PCC areas. Through these policies, it is expected that financial and administrative waste will be reduced, and an integrated management system for postpartum care services will be established.

Keyword

Publicity, Postpartum Care Center, Postpartum Care Service System

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