Changes in Expenditures of the National Health Insurance of Korea during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Financial Implications Thereof

As the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients increased rapidly, the Korean government decided to pay most of the related medical expenses with finances from the National Health Insurance (NHI). We aimed to document changes in NHI medical expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic period....

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Autores principales: Choi, Yoon Jung, Sohn, Jungwoo, Kim, Tae Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2023
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9826958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36579382
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2022.0481
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description As the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients increased rapidly, the Korean government decided to pay most of the related medical expenses with finances from the National Health Insurance (NHI). We aimed to document changes in NHI medical expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic period. We also sought to compare how Japan and Taiwan, neighboring countries with NHI systems, responded to COVID-19 and to discuss policy implications.
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spelling pubmed-98269582023-01-20 Changes in Expenditures of the National Health Insurance of Korea during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Financial Implications Thereof Choi, Yoon Jung Sohn, Jungwoo Kim, Tae Hyun Yonsei Med J Perspective As the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients increased rapidly, the Korean government decided to pay most of the related medical expenses with finances from the National Health Insurance (NHI). We aimed to document changes in NHI medical expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic period. We also sought to compare how Japan and Taiwan, neighboring countries with NHI systems, responded to COVID-19 and to discuss policy implications. Yonsei University College of Medicine 2023-01 2022-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9826958/ /pubmed/36579382 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2022.0481 Text en © Copyright: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Changes in Expenditures of the National Health Insurance of Korea during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Financial Implications Thereof
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