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KMID : 0387320210310040399
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2021 Volume.31 No. 4 p.399 ~ p.408
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A Review of Quality Management and Improvement of Trauma Fee Schedule in Regional Trauma Center
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Seo Eun-Won
Im Jee-Hye
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Abstract
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The emergency medical service system in Korea was built upon the Emergency Medical Service Act, 1995 to respond adequately tobe much in demand for emergency medical services. In addition, the government recognized the importance of the trauma caresystem and set out to plan for the designation and establishment of the regional trauma center by 2012. This study aimed toinvestigate features of quality management and trauma fee schedule on better understanding of trauma care system. First, qualitymanagement of the regional trauma center has been implemented by several quality programs involved in quality assessment,committee on trauma quality management, and mortality and morbidity conference. Second, the trauma fee schedule has reflecteda specific quality of severe traumatic conditions and added the result to it, which are graded A, B, and C according to qualityassessment. Although the government has contributed to instituting a trauma quality assessment program and trauma fee schedulefor the regional trauma center, it could not lead to such a fixed standard for quality management of them. Therefore, it will promotediscussion on the sustainability of the regional trauma center that requires reducing preventable trauma death rate and the way toapply comprehensive quality management.
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KEYWORD
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Emergency medical services, Trauma care system, Regional trauma center, Quality management, Trauma fee schedule
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