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KMID : 1002520120060030117
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Korean Journal of Health Service Management
2012 Volume.6 No. 3 p.117 ~ p.125
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Global Healthcare Supporting System and Activity in some General Hospitals according to Hospital Social Responsibility in Korea
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Lee Hyun-Sook
Han Hee-Jeong
Kim Chun-Bae
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate current status of 19 general hospitals which performed the hospital social responsibility (HSR) to global health issues. The survey focused on the global healthcare supporting system & activity (including the administration, information, materials, finance, and human resources, et al.), and the government’s policy in Korea. Based on the analysis of survey data, the main global health issues of general hospitals were activities of overseas volunteers (56%) and aids of the developing countries (19%). Also, general hospitals have mainly supported into eastern Asia (49%). And then, the most important goal of general hospitals related these activities kept the founding principle of a hospital for global health issues (53%). The second ranking was the social responsibility (32%) and the interchange between Korean and foreign hospitals (32%). There were many differences between general hospitals about the global healthcare supporting system & activities for HSR to global health issues. In conclusion, we suggest that most of general hospitals in Korea would be gotten prior setting the global issues for unmet-need of the developing countries around the world in the near future. This study also served as the effective way by partnership on global health issues of general hospitals for recognizing the HSR as hospital governance.
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KEYWORD
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Hospital Social Responsibility, Global Healthcare Supporting System and Activity, Hospital Governance
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