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KMID : 0387320010110040001
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2001 Volume.11 No. 4 p.1 ~ p.20
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Trends and its Policy Implications of Copayment System on Office-Based Medical Care during the Last Decade in Korea
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Kim Chang-Bo
Lee Sang-Yi
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Abstract
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Korean government had introduced copayment system as cost sharing to office-based medical care in order to reduce the demand for care in 1986. This review focuses on trends and characteristics of copayment on office-based medical care from 1991. to the end of Jan. 2001. Objectives of this study is ① to analyse historical trends of copayment on office-based medical care during the last decade, ② to analyse the effect of copayment introduced to office-based medical care on NHI finance, ③ to analyse the changing trends of the size of copayment in utilizing office-based medical care for the past 10 years, ④ to evaluate the meaning of copayment alteration implemented after the introduction of new prescription system and finally ⑤ to draw a some policy implications from the results of this review.
We found that the main purpose of copayment introduction had been reduction in the expenditure of NHI finance. But, the reduction effect of insurer´s expenditure has turned out to be negative and NHI finance has been in crisis after the introduction of new prescription system Also, the copayment level of the insured has increased actually on a large scale. It seems that the introduction of new prescription system has changed the meanings and its policy implications of copayment system.
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KEYWORD
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copayment, office-based medical care, new prescription system, expenditure, NHI finance
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