Korean medicine coverage in the National Health Insurance in Korea: present situation and critical issues

National Health Insurance (NHI) in Korea has covered Korean medicine (KM) services including acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, and herbal preparations since 1987, which represents the first time that an entire traditional medicine system was insured by an NHI scheme anywhere in the world. This nati...

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Main Author: Byungmook Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-09-01
Series:Integrative Medicine Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422013000474