Korea Journal of Hospital Management (한국병원경영학회지)
- Volume 12 Issue 1
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- Pages.31-50
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- 2007
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- 1226-6299(pISSN)
High-Price Medical Technologies in South Korea
우리나라 고가의료장비 분포 및 노후화 현황 분석
- Han, Kyung-Hee (Health Insurance Review Agency) ;
- Ko, Su-Kyoung (Health Insurance Review Agency) ;
- Jeong, Seol-Hee (Health Insurance Review Agency)
- Published : 2007.03.30
Abstract
This study was carried out to analyze the present condition of high-price medical technologies in South Korea and to compare it with OECD countries. This study included 10 high-price medical equipments and used medical equipment registry data of Health Insurance Review Agency. The major findings of this study are as follows; Firstly, The number and growth of high-price medical equipments in South Korea is much higher than those in other OECD countries. There are many of high-price medical equipments even in clinics. Secondly, the percentage of old poor-quality medical equipments is very high, especially in clinics. This is because of high-price of medical equipments. The results of this study implicated that there is high possibility of inappropriate use of high-price medical technologies. This may result in the increase of health expenditure; therefore, there should be a kind of regulation policy to control amount and quality of medical equipment.
Keywords
- High-price medical technologies;
- Health insurance Review agency;
- Medical equipment;
- OECD health data