Disability Acceptance and Unmet Healthcare Needs Among Persons with Disabilities in Korea: A Seven-Wave Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Study
Joungmin Kim, Sanggyeong Lee, Yaena Ha · 2026
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Kim and colleagues tracked in 2026 how accepting one's disability and getting needed health care influence each other over time among newly registered disabled people in South Korea. Unmet health needs are common in this group, and how a person adapts in mind may shape whether they seek and receive care. It used seven yearly waves of a national panel.
The panel covered 6,121 people from 2018 to 2024, and the analysis separated stable personal traits from year-to-year swings. People who accepted their disability more tended to report fewer unmet needs across the years. Within a person's own timeline, the two influenced each other in bursts, with links clustering around the pandemic years. The authors urge care plans pairing access fixes with counseling and peer support, plus backup plans for crises.
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| CREATOR | Joungmin Kim, Sanggyeong Lee, Yaena Ha |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |