- 우리나라 고가의료장비 분포 및 노후화 현황 분석
- High-Price Medical Technologies in South Korea
- ㆍ 저자명
- 한경희,고수경,정설희,Han. Kyung-Hee,Ko. Su-Kyoung,Jeong. Seol-Hee
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 병원경영학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2007년|12권 1호|pp.31-50 (20 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국병원경영학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
This study was carried out to analyze the present condition of high-price medical technologies in South Korea and to compare it with OECD countries. This study included 10 high-price medical equipments and used medical equipment registry data of Health Insurance Review Agency. The major findings of this study are as follows; Firstly, The number and growth of high-price medical equipments in South Korea is much higher than those in other OECD countries. There are many of high-price medical equipments even in clinics. Secondly, the percentage of old poor-quality medical equipments is very high, especially in clinics. This is because of high-price of medical equipments. The results of this study implicated that there is high possibility of inappropriate use of high-price medical technologies. This may result in the increase of health expenditure; therefore, there should be a kind of regulation policy to control amount and quality of medical equipment.