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The review examines Korea's public health system architecture, and how well policies are responding to population health challenges, including the growing burden of chronic disease, and resulting pressures on the health system.
Jul 17, 2020 · The author reviews South Korea’s public health policy approaches and the embedded context, by using documents and materials written in Korean and English, to learn how the country managed coronavirus from January through April 2020.
- Jongeun You
- 2020
Mar 31, 2020 · The review examines Korea's public health system architecture, and how well policies are responding to population health challenges, including the growing burden of chronic disease, and resulting pressures on the health system.
- Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper
- South Korea’s COVID-19 Preparedness and Response
- Abstract:
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- I. INTRODUCTION
- Central and Local Governments
- 4. SOCIOECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES AND THE ROLE OF RAPID AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSE
- III. PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
- 2) Prompt and Timely Management of the Source of Infection to Reduce the Duration of Infection
- (b) Innovations in testing: Reducing contacts and protecting medical/quarantine professionals
- 1) Risk Communication and Messaging
- 3) Finding the Balance between Data Privacy, Confidentiality, and Transparency
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Soonman Kwon,a* Hoonsang Lee,b Moran Ki,c Da Woon Chung,d and Enis Barisd Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea National Cancer Center Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea World Bank, Washington, DC, USA Corresponding Author
Post-MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) legislative and regulatory reforms enhanced the public health preparedness and response system in the Republic of Korea. Investment in strengthening the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) in policy, research and training as well as proper and flexible financing of public health measu...
The authors are grateful to the World Bank Group (WBG) for publishing this report as an Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper. The authors would like to thank Dae Joong Lee, Director for Development Finance Division, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MoEF), Government of Korea, for his support in preparing this paper. The authors...
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the health and well-being of citizens of almost all the countries in the world. The impact of the pandemic goes well beyond the health and health systems, undermining the economy and the prevailing social contract of societies. Many countries, regardless of their level of socioeconomic development, especially thos...
At the central level, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MoHW) plays a central role in system stewardship, policy formulation, health planning, and implementation at the national level. It directly manages several national hospitals (e.g., national cancer center, psychiatric hospitals) and implements various public health policies through collabor...
There is a trade-off between disease response and socioeconomic consequences of the outbreak, and strong measures of disease containment can constrain economic activity, at least in the short run. The restrictive measures for outbreak have a bigger impact on the service sector than on manufacturing.12 The benefits of lockdowns or very restrictive m...
This section highlights steps the government has taken to bolster its capacity to more effectively mitigate and respond to infectious disease; examines measures the government has implemented, such as rapid testing, contact tracing, and social distancing campaigns; and discusses key interventions to treat patients and prevent the infection of medic...
One of the Korean government’s most decisive actions has been to prioritize early detection through preemptive and widespread diagnostic tests and rigorous and rapid epidemiological investigation to identify potential patients and isolate them as quickly as possible.
Both drive-through and walk-through screening facilities have been utilized to effectively screen without making such sites potential clusters of infection. • Drive-through screening centers The drive-through screening procedure was introduced for faster and safe screening practice and is widely shared globally since its pilot introduction in ...
The government sends out emergency messages to the general public on the COVID-19 situation using Cellular Broadcasting Service (CBS). Messages can be sent without having to use general SMS text messaging, with customized warning sounds in the affected area through mobile telecom carriers. Short messages can be sent through this system with emerge...
There are difficulties in deciding how much of the data can be accessed and utilized to control outbreak of infectious disease. A citizen’s right to privacy is an important consideration, but urgency and transparency of sharing information is also crucial for public health. In the long run, justification of sharing data related to individual citize...
May 28, 2017 · Economic development and universal health coverage through national health insurance have led to a rapid improvement in health outcomes in the Republic of Korea. Overall, the health status of the Korean population is better than that of many other Asian countries.
By following a ‘Three T Strategy’ (Testing-Tracing-Treatment) in response to COVID-19 , South Korea achieved a temporary, perfect UHC model in terms of the extent of health service cost coverage for patients. Having all COVID-19 diagnoses and treatments free of charge, regardless of income level, effectively supported this strategy.
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Mar 4, 2024 · This case study examines country-level primary health care (PHC) systems in the Republic of Korea in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and April 2022.
