- The current status and directions of healthcare policy in Korea
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Park EC
- KMID: 2192812
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2012 Oct;55(10):930-931.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.930
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- Current status and new policy direction of healthcare personnel in Korea
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Kim CB, Kim PS
- KMID: 2192814
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2012 Oct;55(10):940-949.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.940
The health insurance financial crisis and the aging population have overshadowed the South Korean healthcare market. Reforming healthcare has become a major policy issue in the upcoming presidential election on... -
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- Improving quality of healthcare in Korea
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Park HW
- KMID: 2192817
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2012 Oct;55(10):969-977.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.969
Korea has achieved a remarkable expansion in health coverage at modest costs relative to other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Hospitals are more accessible and equipped with... -
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- Current status and policy options for high-tech medical devices in Korea: vertical and horizontal synchronization of health policy
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Lee SG
- KMID: 2192815
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2012 Oct;55(10):950-958.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.950
This paper examines current status of high-tech medical devices in Korea, especially bringing focus to the computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, and traces government policies relevant to this situation.... -
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- Diagnosis and treatment of hand tremor
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Chung SJ
- KMID: 2192819
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2012 Oct;55(10):987-995.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.987
Hand tremor is one of the most frequent movement disorders and embarrassing symptoms of a wide spectrum of diseases. Hand tremor can be classified by form in which the hand... -
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- Strategies for improvement of primary care in Korea
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Jo HS
- KMID: 2192816
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2012 Oct;55(10):959-968.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.959
Primary care is essential among the strategies for expansion of healthy life expectancy and quality of life. The purpose of this study was to suggest strategies for improvement of primary... -
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- Metabolic syndrome
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Kim MK, Park JH
- KMID: 2192821
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2012 Oct;55(10):1005-1013.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.1005
Metabolic syndrome is defined as the simultaneous presence of central obesity, glucose abnormality, hypertension, and dyslipidemia, with the assumption that these entities share insulin resistance as a common pathophysiology. National... -
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- Challenges and progress of clinical education in Korea
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Han JJ
- KMID: 2192811
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2012 Oct;55(10):926-928.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.926
Patient consumerism, government regulations, health financial imperatives, litigation, the explosion of medical knowledge, and rapid technical advancements are among the challenges threatening the environment of clinical education. Moreover, in Korea,... -
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- The reform of health insurance policy
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Ji YG
- KMID: 2192818
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2012 Oct;55(10):978-986.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.978
The situations of health expenditures in Korea and their causes need to be understood and it needs to be reviewed whether DRG is suitable as an alternative for the payment... -
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- Nationwide trends in stroke hospitalization over the past decade
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Kwon YD, Chang H, Choi YJ, Yoon SS
- KMID: 2192822
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2012 Oct;55(10):1014-1025.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.1014
Stroke is a major health problem in Korea. It is the second leading cause of death, and many stroke survivors are permanently disabled. Despite the high economic and social burden... -
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- The diagnosis of healthcare policy problems in Korea
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Park EC, Jang SI
- KMID: 2192813
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2012 Oct;55(10):932-939.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.932
The definition of a policy problem is important in all stages of the policy processes, and especially in presidential election seasons, which usually open the political window. We propose priorities... -
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- Anesthetic management of the bariatric surgery
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Lee H
- KMID: 2192820
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2012 Oct;55(10):996-1002.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.996
Obesity, that is, having a body mass index (BMI) >30 kg/m2, has increased dramatically and became the most single most common preventable cause of death in South Korea. In the... -
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