New Health Services Research Findings from Yonsei University Discussed (Determinants of Legislation on Social Health Insurance in Transition Countries)

2020 AUG 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- A new study on Health and Medicine - Health Services Research is now available. According to news originating from Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, 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.”

For more information on this research see: Determinants of Legislation on Social Health Insurance in Transition Countries. International Journal of Health Services, 2020;():002073142095201. International Journal of Health Services can be contacted at: Baywood Publ Co Inc, 26 Austin Ave, Amityville, NY 11701, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Myongsei Sohn, Institute for Global Engagement and Empowerment, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Sungkyoung Choi, Hyoung-Sun Jeong and Soyoon Kim.

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.

The publisher’s contact information for the International Journal of Health Services is: Baywood Publ Co Inc, 26 Austin Ave, Amityville, NY 11701, USA.

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