Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine (대한예방한의학회지)
- Volume 11 Issue 1
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- Pages.139-151
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- 2007
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- 1226-7066(pISSN)
The Benefits of the National Health Insurance and Oriental Medical Services
건강보험의 보장성과 한방의료 급여확대방안
- Kim, Yoon-Hee (School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
- Kim, Jin-Hyun (College of Nursing, Seoul National University)
- Published : 2007.06.30
Abstract
This paper evaluated the benefits of the National Health Insurance(NHI) and suggested the necessity of extending some oriental medical services into the benefits schedule in the NHI. Comparing the rate of public financing in national health expenditure in OECD countries and measuring out-of-pocket payments in total medical cost showed the level of insurance payments to total medical cost is approximately