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dc.contributor.author | Heo, Kyungmoo | ko |
dc.contributor.author | Jeong, Keonyeong | ko |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Dae Joong | ko |
dc.contributor.author | Seo, Yongseok | ko |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-05T02:30:24Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-05T02:30:24Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2021-04-05 | - |
dc.date.created | 2021-04-05 | - |
dc.date.created | 2021-04-05 | - |
dc.date.created | 2021-04-05 | - |
dc.date.created | 2021-04-05 | - |
dc.date.created | 2021-04-05 | - |
dc.date.created | 2021-04-05 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021-03 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, v.8, no.1 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2662-9992 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10203/282280 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Universal healthcare systems have undergone a severe stress test in the form of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With respect to the system-embedded allocation of decision-making powers and responsibilities among actors, different modalities have been revealed in the COVID-19 responses of South Korea and the UK, respectively. This article compares and analyzes how these two countries' healthcare systems have reacted to COVID-19. Although both have implemented similar responsive measures, the UK has recorded a higher number of confirmed cases per thousand people and a higher death rate. Based on the analysis on which this paper is built, the key differences between the two systems are the UK system's lack of: (1) appropriate medical equipment and technologies along with the human resources; and (2) flexible policy options to incentivize healthcare providers and induce cooperation from the public in a time of national crisis. The UK's healthcare system is now approaching a critical juncture. The expansion of internal competition, which was introduced to the system in 1991, can serve as means of initiating a resolution to the above-mentioned issues and further reform its system. Under the UK government's close supervision and precise control, allowing non-reimbursable special medical treatment in the system and widening public choice of medical services would be a suitable policy approach promoting internal competition while at the same time maintaining the UK's devotion to universal healthcare. The underlying implication of internal competition though is the sharing of decision-making powers and responsibilities with societal and private sectors by inducing and facilitating participation at all levels. Fighting against COVID-19 however is widely considered 'all-out-war.' Under the UK government's supervision and control, it is time for society to step up and fight the pandemic together. | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.publisher | PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD | - |
dc.title | A critical juncture in universal healthcare: insights from South Korea's COVID-19 experience for the United Kingdom to consider | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.wosid | 000625415300001 | - |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-85101906799 | - |
dc.type.rims | ART | - |
dc.citation.volume | 8 | - |
dc.citation.issue | 1 | - |
dc.citation.publicationname | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1057/s41599-021-00731-y | - |
dc.contributor.localauthor | Heo, Kyungmoo | - |
dc.contributor.localauthor | Seo, Yongseok | - |
dc.description.isOpenAccess | Y | - |
dc.type.journalArticle | Article | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | GREY LITERATURE | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | COMPETITION | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | STRATEGIES | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | CHILDREN | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | QUALITY | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | IMPROVE | - |
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