Health Policy Manag.  2021 Jun;31(2):217-224. 10.4332/KJHPA.2021.31.2.217.

Position Value for Relative Comparison of Healthcare Status of Korea in 2018

• Youn HM
• Lee HJ
• Park EC

• KMID: 2525594
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2021.31.2.217

Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the healthcare status of South Korea and other member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) using OECD health statistics 2020. We employed the position value for relative comparison index to measure the healthcare status in five following components: demand, supply, accessibility, quality, and cost. The Mann-Kendall test was used to analyze for increasing or decreasing trend of the position value for relative comparison values from 2000 to the recent year. Results showed that Korea was positioned above than the OECD median values in most of components, but lower than the median values in certain indices including healthcare employment, primary care, and mental health care. This study sheds some light on healthcare issues to be improved and the policy-makes can take into account for prior setting process.

Keyword

Healthcare systems; Health policy; Priority setting in public health; Position value for relative comparison; Health statistics; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development