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The South Korean Health Care System - MED
206 JMAJ, May / June 2009 Vol. 52, No. 3 International medical CommunityThe South Korean Health Care SystemJMAJ 52(3): 206 209, 2009 Young Joo SONG*1in medical services. Most private medical facili-ties are located in urban areas, and around 90%of physicians are concentrated in cities while80% of the population lives in urban Delivery System : Koreanpatients have freedom of choice1 Korean patients can go to any doctor or anymedical institution, including hospitals, whichthey choose. The referral arrangement System isdivided into two steps. The patient can go to anymedical practitioner office except specializedgeneral hospitals. If the patient wants to go to asecondary hospital, he/she has to present a referralslip issued by the medical practitioner who diag-nosed him/her first. There are some exceptions:in the case of childbirth, emergency medical care,dental care, rehabilitation, family medicine ser-vices, and hemophiliac disease, the patient can goto any hospital without a referral Arms of Healthcare SecuritySouth Korea s healthcare security System has threearms: the National Health Insurance Program, medical Aid Program, and Long-term Care Insur-ance Health Insurance Program3 History: Universal coverage for all citizensThe first Health insurance law in South Korea,the medical Insuranc
International Medical Community The South Korean Health Care System JMAJ 52(3): 206–209, 2009 Young Joo SONG*1 in medical services. Most private medical facili-ties are located in urban areas, and around 90% of physicians are concentrated in cities while 80% of the population lives in urban areas. Healthcare Delivery System: Korean
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