This study was performed to identify the factors influencing on awareness levels of medical service in
ambulatory surgery patients in a tertiary health care in Korea. Data were surveyed using interview and
questionnaires by 166 outpatients who visited a general hospital which was located in Chungnam area from
January 13 to February 26, 2015. General characteristics and factors related to awareness levels of medical
service were analyzed with descriptive statistics by frequency and percentage. factors related to awareness
levels according to general characteristics were measured by t or ANOVA. Factors Influencing on
ambulatory surgery outpatients were performed by multiple regression analysis.
The results of this study are as follows. Firstly, for the subject’s gender, male with 51.2% revealed
higher rate than female with 48.8%. Secondly, for religion, the proportion of christianity(28.3%) was a
higher rate than the proportion(20.5%) of buddihism. Thirdly, in the factor related to awareness levels of
medical service, outpatients who had an experience with hospitalizing, there was significant difference in
regard to the reliability of medical service(t=0.584, p<.05). Fourthly, multiple regression analysis revealed
that their age and education affected the perception of ambulatory surgery (p<.05). In conclusion, in order
to increase the rate of ambulatory surgery, it is necessary to give information about the advantages of
ambulatory surgery and preoperative education.