Bong-Min Yang

TL;DR: This work estimates the distributional incidence of health care financing in 13 Asian territories that account for 55% of the Asian population and finds that in most low-/middle-income countries, the better-off not only pay more, they also get more health care.

TL;DR: Through multiple policy interventions, road traffic crashes in Korea were reduced in a relatively short time period, along with their associated injuries and fatalities, however, road Traffic crashes still pose a major public health problem, threatening the quality of life of the Korean people.

TL;DR: The results shows that the cost sharing policy in Korea does not efficiently work, it induces inequitable medical service utilization and also it does not decrease moral hazard in the sense that the higher cost-sharing sector is less sensitive to cost sharing.

TL;DR: The number of Korean adults who had a normal body mass index (BMI) but high body‐fat percentage (BF%) and their increased risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, including high blood pressure, hyperglycemia, and dyslipidemia are investigated.

TL;DR: The background, objectives, expected outcomes, potential issues, and resulting trade conflict regarding use of economic data in drug reimbursement decisions in South Korea are looked at.