Health Policy and Management (보건행정학회지)

Korean Academy of Health Policy and Management (한국보건행정학회)
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Public Participation in Healthcare Decision Making : Experience of Citizen Council for Health Insurance

보건의료 정책 의사결정과 시민참여 : 『건강보험 보장성 시민위원회』의 사례

  • Kwon, Soonman (School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • You, Myoungsoon (School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Oh, Juhwan (College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Soojung (School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jeon, Boyoung (School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2012.09.28
  • Accepted : 2012.12.10
  • Published : 2012.12.31
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Abstract

Public participation in the decision making for scarce health resources is important because health policy requires trust based consensus, which can be achieved by public's understanding and involvement of related policies. In the past, opportunities for interaction between health policy decision makers and lay public were rare in Korea. As political impulses towards public participation in health policy have increased, a few of deliberation methods were attempted. However, there is little research, reporting such cases with a critical examination of relevant theories and previous studies. We first critically review the literature on public participation within theories of democracy, governance, and empowerment. Next, we report a case of a citizen council experiment, which was held to examine public's preferences among different benefit options regarding new drugs and medical technologies. Specifically, in an one-day long citizen council with a total of 28 lay public, twelve questions of whether a drug or a technology should be included in the benefit package of health insurance were asked. Pre- and post-surveys investigated participants' perception of public engagement in health policy. Although it was experimental, the citizen council ensured that lay public could be careful enough to rationally compare the costs and benefits of different options and collectively make decisions. Further, results from pre- and post-survey showed a strong willingness of members to be involved in health care decision making. In the conclusion, we emphasize that better theories and methods need to be developed for more cases of citizen participation in health care policy and management.

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