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The number of regular thyroid cancer patients has continuously increase while the one the surgical patients has decreased
It is known that although the number of patients treated for thyroid cancer increased, the number of patients received surgery for the disease decreased.
Based on the development of treatments over ‘thyroid cancer su...
Heartbroken patients even with extension of the Soliris benefit
The health insurance standard of ‘Soliris (eculizumab)’, the only domestic PHN (paroxismal nocturnal hemoglobinuria) treatment, has been extended since the 1st. Now, patients who are pregnant up to 3 months after chil...
The medical industry boiling up by KRW 12,000 influenza vaccination insurance fees for elders
While influenza vaccination insurance fees for elders, KRW 12,000 that are KRW 6,000 cheaper than infant ones, have generated controversy in local clinics, the leadership in the medical industry is having trouble in f...
Elderly medical expenses account for 35% in total as the number of seniors over 75 increases
It is known that medical expenses for elders accounted for 35% of the total last year. That is, it can be explained that the number of elders over 75 has increased due to acceleration of the aging and they tend to use...
“The opinion of the KMA opposes to the PA system”
While a member of the Korean Medical Association (KMA) caused controversy as mentioning inevitability of the PA (Physician Assistant) system, the specific member who mentioned the controversy drew a line that the opin...
The number of osteoporosis woman was 13.4 times more than the one of males while the total medical expenses were KRW 174 billion
The number of patients treated for osteoporosis (M80~M82) has increased 5.6% every year. Among the patients, the number of female patients was 13.4 times more than the one with male patients, and the total medical exp...
Diseases that patients visited the most for were a disk and bronchitis
Diseases that patients had to look for hospitals last year were disks and bronchitis.
The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (President Myong-sei Sohn, HIRA) analyzed judgement decision materials of the las...
The members chose the ‘Innovation with Stability’
Moo-jin Choi, the current president of The Korean Medical Association, has been elected as the 39th president.
As a result of the 39th President Election of the Korean Medical Association on the 20th, President Choi ...
Samsung Medical Center ranked the 1st in preference while Asan and Severance are catching up
In the preference survey for brands of hospitals, Samsung Medical Center ranked the first, leaving Asan Medical Center behind.
Realmeter unveiled the result of the preference survey, the Top 10 Korean Hospital Brands...
It is about to establish a compass of the KMA’s policies, the ‘KMA POLICY’
Since the beginning of 2014, the Korean Medical Association (KMA) has worked on establishment of the ‘KMA POLICY’, benchmarking the AMA POLICY. It is expected that the association will complete establishing the system...
