Summary 1
1. Research Background and Purpose 1
2. Research Method 2
3. Findings 2
4. Conclusion 4
Ⅰ. Introduction 5
Ⅱ. Theoretical Discussion and Literature Survey 13
1. Concept and Legal Grounds of the AHP 15
2. Literature 22
3. Departure from the Literature 28
Ⅲ. Research Method 31
1. Data 33
2. Model of Analysis 33
3. Validity of the Model 41
Ⅳ. Results 43
1. Participation in the AHP 45
2. Provision of Services Under the AHP 46
3. AHP Trends 54
Ⅴ. Conclusion 65
References 71 

Korea has faced with the problems of utilization of doctor 's expertise, utilization of medical resources, and recruiting the physician of small hospitals. As an alternative policy that solves these problems, an attending hospital system has been implemented since 2003, but it has not been activated. So the government revised the open hospital operation guidelines for the activation of the attending hospital system in 2009. But there was no evaluation study on the operational status after the implementation of the policy. Therefore, this study analyzes the effect of the revision of the attending hospital system guidelines implemented in 2009.