Title: Thirty years of national health insurance in South Korea : lessons for achieving universal health care coverage

Authors: Kwon, Soonman

Year: 2009

Journal: Health policy and planning

Volume: 24(2009)1

PAGE: 63--71

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health economics, national health insurance, south korea

Abstract: South Korea introduced mandatory social health insurance for industrial workers in large corporations in 1977, and extended it until it covered the entire population in 1989. This paper discusses the key issues involved in achieving universal health care coverage, based on the experience of Korea.

URL: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/24/1/63.pdf

Document type: Portal