The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and the National Health Insurance Service have formed a consortium and jointly carried out the Korea Health Panel Survey (KHP) since 2008 to generate basic data on health status, health of services use, healthcare expenditures, and health behaviors.
The KHP provide a comprehensive source of data on interactions between individual, social, and environmental elements with considerations for the dynamic and complex structure of heath care expenditures. Furthermore, the KHP enables an in-depth analysis of not only information on health services utilization and care expenditures, but also important factors affecting good healthcare and costly expenses across time.
This primary report includes descriptive statistics of chronic conditions, healthcare service utilization, healthcare expenditures, and health behaviors among households and individuals. This report utilized the 2014 annual data having 13,973 individuals in 5,001 households. We anticipate this report to provide the basis for identifying changes in healthcare expenditures and to also lay the foundation for planning and improving healthcare policies.
* key word: Korea Health Panel, Chronic Disease, Healthcare Service, Medical Expenses, Health Behaviour
