
- Korean national health insurance value incentive program: Achievements and future directions
- Kim, Sun Min; Jang, Won Mo; Ahn, Hyun Ah; Park, Hyang Jeong; Ahn, Hye Sook
- The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine
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Korean national health insurance value incentive program: Achievements and future directions
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Material Type | Article |
Author(English) |
Kim, Sun Min; Jang, Won Mo; Ahn, Hyun Ah; Park, Hyang Jeong; Ahn, Hye Sook |
Publisher |
Seoul, South Korea : The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine |
Date | 2012-05 |
Journal Title; Vol./Issue | Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health:vol. 45(no. 3) |
Pages | 8 |
Subject Country | South Korea(Asia and Pacific) |
Language | English |
File Type | Link |
Subject | Social Development < Health |
Holding | CORE |
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Abstract
Since the reformation of the National Health Insurance Act in 2000, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) in the Republic of Korea has performed quality assessments for healthcare providers. The HIRA Value Incentive Program (VIP), established in July 2007, provides incentives for excellent-quality institutions and disincentives for poor-quality ones. The program is implemented based on data collected between July 2007 and December 2009. The goal of the VIP is to improve the overall quality of care and decrease the quality gaps among healthcare institutions. Thus far, the VIP has targeted acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and Caesarian section (C-section) care. The incentives and disincentives awarded to the hospitals by their composite quality scores of the AMI and C-section scores. (The rest omitted)