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“Doctors, please stay calm and cover medical fields against MERS”
The Korean Medical Association (President Moo-jin Chu, KMA) appealed to its members of doctors across the nation to stay calm in the MERS crisis and cover medical fields under the KMA guideline. To the Korean citizens...
The spread of ‘MERS’ warns infection management among hospitals
As Middle East Respiratory Syndrome patients are increased to 30 and the tertiary infection occurred for the first time in the world, medical institutions have put the best effort to prevent hospitals from the infecti...
The relieved Korean Medical Association and the up and down Korean Hospital Association at the 2016 cost negotiation
Like the last year, clinics and pharmacies have played decent games in the cost negotiation of the year.
Hospitals, seeming have advantages in the negotiation due to variations of the collateral condition such as sub...
The Council of Medical Associations stated “Oriental doctors’ modern medical equipment usage can never be accepted”
Today(20th), the Council of Medical Associations from the Whole Country (President Sook-hee Kim) has made an opposing statement against the ‘Joint Press Conference to Support the Oriental Doctors’ Medical Equipment Us...
Will the ‘oriental medicine doctors’ medical equipment usage’ supported by 260 organizations become a policy variable?
The conflict between the medical and oriental medicine accusations is expected over the ‘oriental doctors’ modern medical equipment usage’ problem.
As 260 organizations, including the Association of Korean Medicine, ...
Is the survival rate of the healthcare industry highest in the entire industry?
According to the National Statistical Office (NSO), the reason for the high survival rate in the healthcare industry is the combination of professionalism and the wall of start-up expenses.
A research result has been...
The prevalence rate of the top 8 chronic diseases reaches closes to 80% for adults over 65
While the prevalence rate of chronic diseases (hypertension, arthropathia, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, malignant neoplasm, cerebrovascular disease, ischemic heart disease and tuberculosis) is increased to 79.6%, it is k...
The number of medical institutions increased 1.95% up compared to the year before while the one of pharmacies was increased by 0.80% last year
It is observed that the number of medical institutes increased 1,658 units (1.95%) up over the last year to 86,629 units in 2014.
The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (Chairperson Myung-sae Sohn, HIRA) an...
74.6% of the whole nation stated “Early diagnosis expenses for dementia is too expensive”
According to the result of the National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency’s (NECA) dementia-related survey, it is observed that most respondents have avoided receiving treatments due to burden of expenses...
The patient concentration effect of superior general hospitals are led by ‘Big 5 Hospitals’
While the patient concentration effect of superior general hospitals is led by so-called Big 5 Hospitals, which are university hospitals in Seoul, average out-of-area market share of the Big 5 Hospitals were 50.7% in ...
