Advancing Universal Health Coverage : What Developing Countries Can Learn from the Korean Experience?

The Republic of Korea achieved universal health coverage in 1989, twelve years after the introduction of mandatory health insurance for employees in large corporations. Political legitimization of the authoritarian regime and rapid economic growth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kwon, Soonman
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
UHC
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/418791516185685994/Advancing-universal-health-coverage-what-developing-countries-can-learn-from-the-Korean-experience
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29179