Lessons from health insurance responses in counteracting COVID-19: a qualitative comparative analysis of South Korea and three influential countries

ConclusionsRegarding where policy support through health insurance should be focused, the workload of medical personnel increased according to the change in the service provision environment due to the pandemic, and the medical service delivery system changed to prevent further infection. Consequently, incentives should be provided to aid the provision of stable services to patients and should be an auxiliary means to implement the national quarantine policy more effectively via a health insurance response system that promptly provides additional financial support in case of future crises.
Source: Archives of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research