Korea Health Panel
; health care utilization
; health care expenditures
; comorbidities, patient experiences
; unmet health care needs
; health behaviors
Publication Year
2023
Publisher
Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs
Abstract
The Korea Health Panel Survey (KHP) is a nationally representative survey of health care utilization and expenditures for the Korean population. KHP began in 2008 and has been administered by a consortium between the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) and the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS). The KHP provides not only information on health care utilization and expenditures, but also various factors affecting health care use such as socioeconomic characteristics, comorbidities, and health behaviors.
This report includes descriptive statistics on comorbidities, healthcare utilization and expenditures, patient experiences, unmet health care needs, and health behaviors of 12,874 individuals from 5,878 households in 2021. This report provides empirical evidence to better understand healthcare utilization and expenditures of Korean population.