In line with increasingly growing average life span in Korea, resulting in significant increase in population of senior citizens, Korea has entered into the aging society as well as the issue of the elderly has become more critical. Particularly, the health & medical services or health problem with ...
In line with increasingly growing average life span in Korea, resulting in significant increase in population of senior citizens, Korea has entered into the aging society as well as the issue of the elderly has become more critical. Particularly, the health & medical services or health problem with the elderly, among the issues relating to the welfare for the aged, leads to increasing economical burden to the elderly, thereby eventually deteriorating their living standard, which they can hardly handle themselves, and increasingly growing medical expenses for the elderly have become critical burden to the society and the government as well. Given such a reality, an in-depth review of medical welfare system for the elderly becomes more than important. The study thus was intended to identify the status of our nation’s medical insurance system and the challenges we should deal with, focusing on increase in medical expense for the aged with the recommendation for improvement. The recommendations in an attempt to enhance the system are as follows. First, a comprehensive plan for medical insurance system for the elderly that incorporates the reality of aging society shall be established. The current system fails to consider the physical characters and disease of the patients, resulting in increase in medical expenses to the elderly as well as the problem with the government budget. In this regard, a medical insurance system that can reduce the expense is indispensable. Second, while the chronic disease of the elderly has been increased, the medical facilities are not able to keep pace with. Thus a long-term treatment plan, identifying the reality of the patients with chronic disease, shall be established. Third, in a bid to provide the medical services that meet the economic conditions and medical needs of the elderly, the scope of free-medical services shall be expanded, with diversified services, so as to be able to diagnose and cure the disease at early stage, which will be substantially helpful for the elderly. Since the issues associated with the elderly are no longer the individual’s or family’s responsibility alone, but are communitywide or nationwide task, further progressive health & medical system shall be built, coupled with laying the foundation to ensure the healthy life and enhance the living standard of the elderly. Hopefully, the study will help establish the effective medical insurance system for the elderly in the coming days.
In line with increasingly growing average life span in Korea, resulting in significant increase in population of senior citizens, Korea has entered into the aging society as well as the issue of the elderly has become more critical. Particularly, the health & medical services or health problem with the elderly, among the issues relating to the welfare for the aged, leads to increasing economical burden to the elderly, thereby eventually deteriorating their living standard, which they can hardly handle themselves, and increasingly growing medical expenses for the elderly have become critical burden to the society and the government as well. Given such a reality, an in-depth review of medical welfare system for the elderly becomes more than important. The study thus was intended to identify the status of our nation’s medical insurance system and the challenges we should deal with, focusing on increase in medical expense for the aged with the recommendation for improvement. The recommendations in an attempt to enhance the system are as follows. First, a comprehensive plan for medical insurance system for the elderly that incorporates the reality of aging society shall be established. The current system fails to consider the physical characters and disease of the patients, resulting in increase in medical expenses to the elderly as well as the problem with the government budget. In this regard, a medical insurance system that can reduce the expense is indispensable. Second, while the chronic disease of the elderly has been increased, the medical facilities are not able to keep pace with. Thus a long-term treatment plan, identifying the reality of the patients with chronic disease, shall be established. Third, in a bid to provide the medical services that meet the economic conditions and medical needs of the elderly, the scope of free-medical services shall be expanded, with diversified services, so as to be able to diagnose and cure the disease at early stage, which will be substantially helpful for the elderly. Since the issues associated with the elderly are no longer the individual’s or family’s responsibility alone, but are communitywide or nationwide task, further progressive health & medical system shall be built, coupled with laying the foundation to ensure the healthy life and enhance the living standard of the elderly. Hopefully, the study will help establish the effective medical insurance system for the elderly in the coming days.
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