[Korea Biomedical Review] [Column] How should Korea set health insurance reimbursements?

How should Korea set health insurance reimbursements? The total income of the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) reached 79 trillion won ($66.8 billion) in 2021.

About 60 percent of them are spent as reimbursements to compensate for medical services. The health insurance reimbursement system has been developed according to each country’s circumstances.

Korea uses fee-for-service in which doctors and pharmacists are paid a fee for each particular medical service. Under the fee-for-service s...