Korean medicine coverage in the National Health Insurance in Korea: present situation and critical issues

被引：41
作者：
Lim, Byungmook [1 ]
机构：
[1] Pusan Natl Univ, Sch Korean Med, Div Humanities & Social Med, Yangsan 626770, South Korea
来源：
INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH | 2013年 / 2卷 / 03期
关键词：
acupuncture; health insurance; herbal medicine; Korean Medicine; reimbursement; traditional medicine;
D O I：
10.1016/j.imr.2013.06.004
中图分类号：
R [医药、卫生];
学科分类号：
10 ;
摘要：
National Health Insurance (NHI) in Korea has covered Korean medicine (KM) services including acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, and herbal preparations since 1987, which represents the first time that an entire traditional medicine system was insured by an NHI scheme anywhere in the world. This nationwide insurance coverage led to a rapid increase in the use of KM, and the KM community became one of the main interest groups in the Korean healthcare system. However, due to the public's safety concern of and the stagnancy in demand for KM services, KM has been facing new challenges. This paper presents a brief history and the current structure of KM health insurance, and describes the critical issues related to KM insurance for in-depth understanding of the present situation. (C) 2013 Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine. Published by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
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页码：81 / 88
页数：8
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