Number of Korean physician per population lowest among OECD nations.

Number of physicians and nurse per 1,000 populations in Korea showed 1.6 and 1.8, which was the lowest among 25 OECD nations except Mexico according to "2006 OECD Health Data" reported by the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) on Aug. 14.

However, its increasing rates showed extremely faster than any other countries at annual 4.53% from 1991 to 2004, which was almost a double tim...