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Increasing Number of Asthma Patients with Significant Financial Implications
The joint research effort made by the Korea Asthma allergy Foundation (KAF) and Seoul National University (SNU) shows that there is a continuing increase of domestic asthma patients, where the historical rate of occur...
Increasing Number of Patients with Lifestyle Related Symptoms
According to the Year 2004 National Health Insurance (NHI) coverage report, there is an increasing number of domestic people with various chronic symptoms that are associated with changing lifestyle patterns, such as ...
Public Disclosure of Government Assessment on Healthcare Providers
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) recently announced of its plan to make a public disclosure of the assessments detailing appropriate levels of insurance coverage and of medical service provision for a specifi...
Extended Availability of Personal Medical Records up to 10 Years
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) recently announced that the existing availability of personal medical records as compiled by NHIC has now been extended to include additional years of previous records....
Ailments by Seasonal and Regional Characteristics Identified
According to the statistical analysis released by the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) on the historical treatment records by season, acute bronchitis was the most frequent for winter, spring and fall, whi...
Average Real Estate Value for Lot Sale at 7.4 Million Won
As of January, the nation's average real estate value for each pyung (1 pyung = 3.3 square meters) of medical clinic centers that are available for lot sale is determined at 7.4 million won, which is about 0.2 million...
Local Hospitals Express Difficulties in Meeting Current Medical Waste Disposal Regulation
The Korea Hospitals Association (KHA) made an official letter of recommendation to the Ministry of Environment (MOE) earlier this month, detailing the difficulties experienced by the domestic hospitals in meeting the ...
Elderly Patients over 65 Years Take Six Prescription Medications on Average
The domestic elderly outpatients aged over 65 years old are taking multiple medications at the same time, and the average number is nearly six medications per each elderly outpatient, according to a recently published...
Comparative Study Shows Differences Between Letrozole and Tamoxifen on Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk
The results from a recent clinical trial conducted by the Breast International Group show that Novartis' breast cancer treatment Femara (active ingredient: letrozole) provides better post-surgery protection against br...
Continuous Demand and Valuation Erosions Towards Domestic Hospitals Available for Sale
Reflective of the protracted economic slowdowns, more hospitals were up for sale in the market during Year 2004 due to increasing financial difficulties, while both the demand and the asking purchase price levels were...
