Establishment and Operation of the Helath and Welfare Statistical Inforamtion System: 3rd Year

Abstract

- 보건복지통계 웹포털시스템 구축 - 주기성 조사 3종 및 일회성 조사 2종과 관련된 조사통계 서비스 - 마이크로데이터 관리시스템 부분적 구축 - 원시자료의 접근성 향상을 위한 메뉴구성 및 변수선택 기능 제공

This study is aimed at establishing a system that provides a quality one-stop statistical information service to users by maximizing the use of available health and welfare statistics. As part of a two-step approach to establishing the Health and Welfare Statistics (hawelsis.kihasa.re.kr), a web portal site, many have been done to improve the functions and enhance user convenience of the portal, including repositioning portal menus (site renewal), upgrading micro data management system, establishing a webzine service and a web log analysis system, developing and test-running an atypical statistics service using an OLAP tool. In addition, an online survey was conducted on the demand on statistical information and users' satisfaction about the services provided by the portal. In response to a request to prioritize statistics, users picked "statistics on people's health" (30.4%) as the most prioritized, followed by "demographic statistics"(28.4%) and "statistics on social services"(21.57%). On a request to suggest any improvements to portal contents, most suggested "transforming statistical data to be more versatile for various analyses"(37%), followed by "one-stop service for data provision"(26.7%) and "raising data reliability"(12.9%). A user log file analysis showed that in 2011 the total number of visitors to the site were 11,112 and the average daily visitors were 86. Of the visitors, 78.7% were from within Korea, 11.42% from abroad, and 9.8% from unknown locations. The Health and Welfare Statistics has accumulated for the last year 283 news items, 54 analysis reports, an archive of 114 "Issue and Focus", and 259 statistical terms. It has in its data base 1,440 data sets on health, 2,112 data sets on welfare, 135 OECD data sets, 162 demographic and other data sets, 207 data sets on welfare trends, 7,914 data sets on survey statistics, and 146 data sets on welfare financing. For the better management of the Health and Welfare Statistics, more than anything else, it is important to ascertain various quality contents. Second, it is necessary to develop an atypical statistics service in order to provide user-oriented statistics and services that meet users' demands. Third, a professional and systematic PR plan is needed. Fourth, it is necessary to improve the classification of health and welfare statistics so that users can more easily search and access related statistical data. Lastly, it is important to set up standards on survey items that will make comparison among data from different surveys easier and keep consistency in nationally recognized statistical data.