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Current status and policy options for high-tech medical devices in Korea: vertical and horizontal synchronization of health policy

우리나라 고가 의료장비 현황과 정책대안: 정책의 수직적, 수평적 동기화

  • Lee, Sang Gyu (Department of Preventive Medicien, Dankook University College of Medicien)
  • 이상규 (단국대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Published : 2012.10.10
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Abstract

This paper examines current status of high-tech medical devices in Korea, especially bringing focus to the computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, and traces government policies relevant to this situation. The rapid diffusion of high-tech medical devices mainly led by physician's clinics and small hospitals and lack of efficient policy coordination and synchronization have resulted deterioration of quality and decrease of social benefit. The quality problem could be resolved when the pursuit of micro-efficiencies by the providers are synchronized to the macro-efficiency of health system. If the government disclose quality information of high-tech devices and gives incentives to the provider's efforts to increase quality, the current competition between providers to capture patients could be evolved to the competition for better quality. In addition to this vertical synchronization, horizontal policy synchronizations such as with health insurance policy are also discussed.

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