Evidence of a broken healthcare delivery system in Korea: Unnecessary hospital outpatient utilization among patients with a single chronic disease without complications

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1590-1596

  Lee, Jin Yong ^a   Jo, Min Woo ^b   Yoo, Weon Seob ^c   Kim, Hyun Joo ^d   Eun, Sang Jun ^e  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Konyang University   (South Korea)

^e Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Primary health care; Referral and Consultation; Utilization

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84951769772     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2014.29.12.1590     Document Type: Article

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