Forecasting the Future Reimbursement System of Korean National Health Insurance: A Contemplation Focusing on Global Budget and Neo-KDRG-Based Payment Systems
| Autor: | Yang Kyun Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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National Health Programs Collateral media_common.quotation_subject Efficiency Organizational Fee-for-service Payment Republic of Korea Health care Humans Quality (business) National Health Insurance Reimbursement System Payment service provider Diagnosis-Related Groups Reimbursement media_common Finance Neo-KDRG-Based Payment business.industry Fee-for-Service Plans Diagnosis-related group General Medicine Global Budget Payment Payment Service (economics) Insurance Health Reimbursement Original Article business Delivery of Health Care DRG-Based Payment Forecasting |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Korean Medical Science |
| ISSN: | 1598-6357 1011-8934 |
| DOI: | 10.3346/jkms.2012.27.s.s25 |
| Popis: | With the adoption of national health insurance in 1977, Korea has been utilizing fee-for-service payment with contract-based healthcare reimbursement system in 2000. Under the system, fee-for-service reimbursement has been accused of augmenting national healthcare expenditure by excessively increasing service volume. The researcher examined in this paper two major alternatives including diagnosis related group-based payment and global budget to contemplate the future of reimbursement system of Korean national health insurance. Various literature and preceding studies on pilot project and actual implementation of Neo-KDRG were reviewed. As a result, DRG-based payment was effective for healthcare cost control but low in administrative efficiency. Global budget may be adequate for cost control and improving the quality of healthcare and administrative efficiency. However, many healthcare providers disagree that excess care arising from fee-for-service payment alone has led to financial deterioration of national health insurance and healthcare institutions should take responsibility with global budget payment as an appropriate solution. Dissimilar payment systems may be applied to different types of institutions to reflect their unique attributes, and this process can be achieved step-by-step. Developing public sphere among the stakeholders and striving for consensus shall be kept as collateral to attain the desirable reimbursement system in the future. |
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