As people-centered care is gaining increasing attention worldwide, it is essential to improve Korea’s health care system so that it can better serve the public interest. Such improvement requires a close examination of how Korea’s health care system is functioning toward its goals. A good way of doing this would be to produce accurate statistics and indicatorsexpanding the policy perspective of health care systems. Measuring indicators and identifying the current situation are worldwide priorities. The system of Health Accounts serves as an international standard for producing statistics on health expenditure. The regional health accounts established in this study improve our understanding of health care expenditure. It is expected that, starting with establishing Regional Health Accounts, many indicators on identifying the goals and functions of the health care system should be produced at the local level. 

Abstract ················································································································1

Ch. 1. Introduction ···························································································5

   A. Background ·····························································································7

   B. Research Purposes ···························································································10

   C. Research Structure ···························································································10

Ch. 2. The Significance of Regional Information and Health Spending Statistics and Their Production Status ·········13

   A. The Significance of Regional Information ··················································································15

   B. Current State of Domestic Regional Information and Health Spending Statistics ·······································20

   C. Current State of Regional Health Spending Statistics in Selected Countries ······························································48

Ch. 3. The Establishment of the Regional Health Accounts System·······························································71

   A. Principles of the System ······························································································73

   B. Health Accounts Methodology ······························································································82

Ch. 4. Estimations of Regional Health Accounts ························································111

Ch. 5. Suggested Uses of Regional Health Spending Information ··········································125

Ch. 6. Conclusion ·······················································································145

References ···························································································153

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