Survey starts to understand size and cost of wasted drugs for the first time in Korea

A research will be conducted to take a close look at concrete size and cost of drugs wasted in Korea.

The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service(HIRA) recently gave a notice of tender for the contract research to survey drugs wasted in 2018. Based on the data, the government will provide policy advises to cut wastes in the National Health Insurance budget and to give reasons to monitor...