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Number of cancer patients topped 110,000 last year
According to statistics compiled by the National Health Insurance Corporation, 291,820 cancer patients (male: 148,266, female: 143,554) from a total of 46.7 million people received anticancer therapies in 2002 and of ...
Medical community to blame NHI financial collapse to pharmacy dispensing fees.
The medical community claims to revoke the current medical and pharmacy role separation system largely by blaming it to the NHI financial collapse, thus raising a public issue with an optional practice of the system a...
348 pharmacies found business collusion practices.
348 pharmacies and 525 medical institutions across the nation have been found over 70% of prescription convergence according to Rep. Nam Kyeong-pil, the commissioner of the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committ...
Consulting company inviting seminar for hospital management problem.
PlusClinic (President: Shim Hyeong-seok: www.plusclinic.com) and MD Journal (Chairman: Hong Heong-jae; www.mdjournal.net) planned a joint seminar at the conference hall of FKI (the Federation of Korean Industries) on ...
Annual health insurance revenue of community clinic totals 280 million won on average
A community clinic earned 280 million won as an average health insurance revenue in 2002, according to a report released by Kim Hong-shin, a member of the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee (See ...
Medical community to rally against DRG in nationwide.
A nationwide rally against government's DRG (diagnose related group) system seems to place by the medical community.
The Korea Medical Association (KMA) in the 5th national city and provincial district's top repres...
Korean scientist found p38 MAPK playing key role in tumor cell spread.A protein of communicating signals between cells that plays as a key role in the cancer cell's metastasis was discover by a Korean scientist.
Prof. Moon Ae-ri of Dukseong Un...
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Government urged to discourage arbitrary dispensing of pharmacists
The arbitrary dispensing of pharmacists has been rampant amid doctors' sole participation in the current system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice (SDP function), leading some of the primary medical i...
4 medical societies and resident association opposing to DRG system
4 medical specialist research groups including the Korea society of Ob & Gyn, General Surgery, Opthalmology and ENT and the Medical Resident Association indicated in their official statement on Aug. 26 that they firml...
Dermatologists selling cosmetics by prescription
The Green Customers Solidarity says that following complaints from customers that some hospitals and clinics have engaged in selling high-priced cosmetics and health foods, its survey conducted on July 18-23 this year...
