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Medical treatment charges for cold showing about 4-fold differences in community clinics
The current medical treatment charges of cold patients among community clinics have shown about 4-fold differences per patient ranging from 8,623 won to 42,143 won, albeit the same diagnostic method, according to the ...
KPA calling for adequate adjustment of drug dispensing fee
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) said it cannot accept the health insurance's relative utilization report to assess the proper level of medical treatment charges, drug dispensing charges and hospitalization ...
Swapping marketing to ignite at pharmacy/supermarket.
So called "Swapping marketing" strategy is emerging briskly to attract the pharmaceutical companies and the home appliance product companies who are seeking for a new distribution channel, which is a sort of conjoint ...
Pharmaceutical industry calling for a three-month grace period under new drug plan
With the drug price re-evaluation system only one month away, the pharmaceutical circle has called for the government to allow a three-month grace period after notice of the new plan, in that they have to handle the m...
Effects of red ginseng uncovered by modern medicine Korean red ginseng have exhibited excellent effect in improving non-insulin-dependent (type II) diabetes associated with obesity, according to the 8th symposium on Ginseng duri...
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Number of hospital calls and treatments per capita was 13 in 2001.
The National Health Insurance Corporation reported in "2001 NHI statistics" that the total number of NHI beneficiary was 46 million in 2001, of which 39 million people took service benefits at hospitals or clinics, sh...
Election rules for KPA chairmanship being debated
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) held a public hearing on October 29 in a bid to adopt the rules to elect its chairman and branch heads and after that, it will formulate a final draft and pass it through boa...
Busan pharmacists to protest against government's study results.
The Busan Pharmaceutical Association (BPA) provoked a harsh backlash from the MOHW's study report titled "the relative value of health insurance" covering an exceptional application of the current medical and pharmacy...
Government to readjust medical treatment charges
Daily drug dispensing charges have been overestimated over the proper level by about three percent, a recent report showed.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the results of health insurance's rel...
Medical community to disagree with government on clinic's revenue increases.
The KMA harshly opposed against the MOHW report covering that the private clinics located in residential areas made their revenue increases after the implementation of the medical and pharmacy role separation program....
