“Cohort Profile: The National Health Insurance Service–National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC), South Korea” (2016), by Juneyoung Lee et al. Economics research paper. Original abstract below, unchanged. No free PDF was found.

Cohort Profile: The National Health Insurance Service–National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC), South Korea

Juneyoung Lee, Ji Sung Lee, Sook-Hee Park et al. · January 28, 2016 · Economics

Abstract

The National Health Insurance Service–National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC) is a population-based cohort established by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) in South Korea. The sole purpose of constructing the cohort was to provide public health researchers and policy makers with representative, useful information regarding citizens’ utilization of health insurance and health examinations. Korea’s universal coverage health insurance system for all citizens was initiated in 1963, based on the National Medical Insurance Act, and was introduced for companies with over 500 employees in 1977. Universal healthcare coverage was achieved in 1989, only 12 years after its introduction, which is the fastest this has been achieved globally.1 In 2000 a single-insurer system, the NHIS, was launched by integrating more than 366 medical insurance organizations, for efficient system operation in Korea.1 The NHIS provides benefits for prevention, diagnosis, disease and injury treatment, as well as rehabilitation, births, deaths and health promotion. Currently the NHIS maintains and stores national records for healthcare utilization and prescriptions.

Source page DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv319