The current status and directions of healthcare policy in Korea

Eun-Cheol Park

doi:10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.930

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The Current Status and Directions of Healthcare Policy in Korea

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Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2012; 55(10): 930-931.

Published online: October 17, 2012

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2012.55.10.930

The current status and directions of healthcare policy in Korea

Eun-Cheol Park, MD^1,²

¹Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

²Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Eun-Cheol Park, ecpark@yuhs.ac.kr

Received September 25, 2012 Accepted September 30, 2012

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