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1.Introduction
1.1Need and Purpose of Research
Medical aid system is a public supporting system for medical service, that is provided by the government for low income people who have financial hardship. Medical aid beneficiaries are those who can receive medical aid as a recipient of the medical aid system [1], Most of the medical aid beneficiaries are in a low income bracket and have low education levels. Additionally, there is a high rate of elderly, most of whom are women. Another prominent characteristic is that medical usage is high in this population due to the high rate of disabled persons, patients with rare diseases that are difficult to treat, and patients with severe or complex disease [2, 3]. However, even when taking such situations into consideration, the rise in treatment costs is still relatively high [3], and despite the high usage of medical services, they lack understanding on treatment and management methods for their diseases, and the population does not have enough information on usage of medical services. Therefore,...