Does a higher price mean better care?
The relationship between price and results cannot be judged from Korea’s non-covered price data.
Prices reflect costs, equipment, region and each institution’s own decisions, none of which the disclosure measures as outcomes.
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What does the price disclosure measure?
Only the amount an institution charges for an item.
What does it not measure?
Outcomes, safety, waiting time or satisfaction.
What drives price differences?
Hospital type, region, equipment and materials, and the number of sessions.
How should a patient use the range?
To ask informed questions about what a quoted price includes.
Where can quality information be found?
HIRA publishes separate quality assessments for some areas of care.
Where do these numbers come from?
- Non-covered medical fee disclosure (by item and institution) Institution names are discarded after aggregation
- Standards for reporting and disclosure of non-covered medical fees (notice)