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HIRA discloses statistics on 7 surgeries
The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service made public a list of medical institutions that performed more sophisticated operations requiring higher medical costs between 2005 and 2006.
The surgeries inc...
Korean Hospital Association calls for landmark medical welfare reforms
Korea will have to carry out landmark reforms in the nation's health and medical systems for ensuring better medical services like advanced countries, the Korean Hospital Association said in a congratulatory note deli...
Koreans visit hospitals 16 times per year
Koreans visited hospitals/clinics 16 days on average a year in 2006, more than twice from 1990, announced the National Health Insurance Corporation and Health Insurance Review Agency on December 13.
According to a ...
Doctors calls for reform to ensure financial stability
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) complains that the National Health Insurance Corp. (NHIC) has continued to hike premiums over the past several years without making any efforts to reduce its operational costs and ...
Number of patients with end-stage renal disease tops 46,730 in 2006
The number of Korean patients who suffered from end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on long-term dialysis or kidney transplantation was 2,534 in 1986, but it has been gradually increasing to 28,046 in 2000 and 46,730 last ...
2007 medical service charge disappoints Korea Hospital Association
The Korean Hospital Association released a statement in November 22, saying that next year's negligible hike of medical service charge by 1.5 percent does not show the government's will to improve the current hospital...
Vitamin C useful for preventing coldness in winter
For those who want to enjoy winter sports, taking vitamin C pills are likely to be beneficial in warding off coldness.
The analysis of data from an experiment of rats receiving four different doses of 1mg, 5mg, 25m...
Chung pledges to promote medical industryPresidential candidate Chung Dong-young of the United New Democratic Party (UNDP) pledged to transfer local medical industry into one of the nation's sophisticated sectors.
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GNP unveils doctor-friendly pledge
The conservative Grand National Party (GNP) said on November 15 that it will incorporate several proactive medical policy elements into the presidential campaign pledge to woo doctors in the presidential election. The...
A doctor fined W500,000 for violating pharmaceutical affairs law
An orthopedist, who instructed an assistant nurse to prescribe medicines for 12 patients without proper supervision, have been fined on charge of violating the current pharmaceutical affairs law, it was reported on No...
