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‘Big 5 hospital’ total annual consultation fee of KRW 2.7 trillion.. Increasing outpatient share to 43%
It is estimated that total annual consultation fee of a so-called ‘big 5’ high-level general hospitals ranges from between KRW 360 billion and KRW 770 billion.
Each hospital only from the five high-level general hosp...
KHA announced that they will devote all their energy to exclude 'pre-appointment' in the subject of 'Prohibiting resident registration number gathering'
Korean Hospital Association announced that they will devote all their energy to exclude 'pre-appointment' in the subject of 'Prohibiting resident registration number gathering'.
On July 24, KHA made a recommendation ...
Korean Medical Association insisted that conducting Botox • Filler procedure is out of range for dentist's license
Korean Medical Association announced that they submitted their position to the Constitutional Court on July 21 that dentist cannot do medical practice such as Botox • Filler, because those require expertise.
Dentist ...
Last year, medical care benefit of clinics was 1.6742 trillion won which is increased by 1.8%
Korea Health Industry Development Institute has recently published a "fact-finding analysis of medical institutions operating status' report and released operating status of clinic and hospital.
Last year, medical ca...
The proportion of statin prescriptions based on the patient discharge guidelines for secondary stroke prevention turned out to be 78.6%
On June 24, Pfizer Korea held press conference and announced the study result of ROLLER-KOST(Real World of Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Korean Stroke Patients).
The researchers led clinical research ROLLER-KOST conducte...
Chu Mu-Jin, was elected as the 38th President of the Korean Medical Association
Former president of Yongin Medical Chapter Chu Mu-Jin, was elected as the 38th President of the Korean Medical Association.
Candidate Chu finished the election with 49.4 percent of the vote. Therefore, candidate Chu ...
It was identified that most patients visited Asan Medical Center
It was identified that most patients visited Asan Medical Center.
Asan Medical Center performed high level surgeries of 58 thousand cases per year, and recorded no.1 in the number of surgery cases including 9 cancer ...
Korean Association for the Study of Liver will update the guideline of Hepatitis B treatment
On June 12, the Korean Association of HBP Surgery, the Korean Liver Cancer Study Group, and the Korean Society for Liver Transplantation announced on 'The Liver Week' International Conference through press conference ...
Doctors are requesting modification of current Diagnosis Related Group Payment System
Diagnosis Related Group Payment System is a system in which patients should pay fixed amount of money determined by disease.
The common problem of Diagnosis Related Group Payment System includes ▲low insurance reimbu...
Veterans Hospital refuted the claim of Korea Alliance of Patients Organization that they changed generic of ‘Gleevec’ through ingredient bidding
On May 27, Korea Alliance of Patients Organization announced through the statement that from last October, doctors in 5 Veterans Hospital (Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Daejeon) have changed prescription of original '...
