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Advancing Universal Health Coverage: What Developing Countries Can Learn from the Korean Experience?

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dc.contributor.authorKwon, Soonman
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-18T20:03:54Z
dc.date.available2018-01-18T20:03:54Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.description.abstractThe Republic of Korea achieved universal health coverage in 1989, twelve years after the introduction of mandatory health insurance for employees in large corporations. Political legitimization of the authoritarian regime and rapid economic growth contributed to the rapid extension of health coverage. Most health care providers are private. In 2000, all insurance funds were merged into a single insurer, which improved the efficiency of risk pooling and equity in contribution payments. The single insurer system also provided the national health insurance system with the opportunity to strengthen its purchasing function. Nevertheless, the Korean health system faces challenges. Policy priority was given to population coverage, with low contributions and a limited benefits package, which resulted in insufficient financial protection of the insured. The rapid increase in private-sector providers has helped the supply readiness for universal health care, but has also engendered challenges to financial sustainability due to profit-seeking behavior and the overprovision of care, which was further exacerbated by fee-for-service payments. Korea’s health system also needs to be further reoriented to respond to the rapid aging of the population, and to the introduction in 2008 of a new public insurance scheme for long-term care.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/418791516185685994/Advancing-universal-health-coverage-what-developing-countries-can-learn-from-the-Korean-experience
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/29179
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29179
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversal Health Coverage Studies Series;No. 33
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectUNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
dc.subjectHEALTH FINANCE
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHICS
dc.subjectHEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subjectHEALTH EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectUNICO
dc.subjectUHC
dc.titleAdvancing Universal Health Coverageen
dc.title.subtitleWhat Developing Countries Can Learn from the Korean Experience?en
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleAdvancing Universal Health Coverage
okr.date.disclosure2018-01-17
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/418791516185685994/Advancing-universal-health-coverage-what-developing-countries-can-learn-from-the-Korean-experience
okr.guid418791516185685994
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/29179
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08555d4ca_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29512989
okr.identifier.report122818
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/418791516185685994/pdf/122818-WP-RDC-Korea-case-study-pages-fixed-PUBLIC.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryKorea, Republic of
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Demographics
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Insurance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Service Management and Delivery
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health and Poverty
okr.topicIndustry::Health Care Services Industry
okr.unitHNP EAP Region (GHN02)
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