Findings from Yonsei University Yields New Data on Insurance (Determinants of Legislation On Social Health Insurance In Transition Countries): Insurance

2022 SEP 19 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Investigators discuss new findings in Insurance. According to news reporting out of Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “This study aims to address the question: Why did transition countries enact laws related to social health insurance (SHI) at different times, even though they experienced dissolution of the Soviet Union at the same time in the early 1990s? We used Ragin’s fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to investigate the configurations of causal conditions that affected the speed of developing SHI-related legislation in 24 post-socialist countries. The potential causal conditions were health status, economic status, level of governance, level of democracy, issue salience, and number of medical professionals.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Yonsei University, “We found 3 pathways that led to the enactment of SHI-related laws and 1 pathway that inhibits enactment. The key factors impacting enactment of SHI-related laws were non-corrupt governments and realization of democracy. In addition, medical professionals’ involvement in policymaking could be the factor to enact SHI-related laws.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Further research is needed for more in-depth analysis regarding what the laws specifically include, type of health insurance systems that were adopted based on the laws, and if the legislation contributed toward achieving universal health coverage.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Determinants of Legislation On Social Health Insurance In Transition Countries. International Journal of Health Services, 2022;52(1):89-98. International Journal of Health Services can be contacted at: Sage Publications Ltd, 1 Olivers Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP, England.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Soyoon Kim, Yonsei University, Div Med Law & Eth, Dept. of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei Ro, Seoul 03722, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Sungkyoung Choi, Myongsei Sohn and Hyoung-Sun Jeong.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/0020731420952013. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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