The National Health Insurance Service announced that Korea’s health insurance coverage rate in 2021 had fallen slightly from the previous year to 64.5%.

On the 10th, the NHIS announced so through the ‘NHI Patient Medical Expense Survey 2021’ report on the 10th

In 2021, the NHI coverage rate decreased by 0.8%p YoY to record 64.5%, and the non-reimbursement burden rate increased by 0.4%p YoY to record 15.6%.

The NHI coverage rate is calculated by dividing the insurer’s reimbursement expenses by the sum of the insurer’s reimbursement expenses, legal copayment amount, and non-reimbursed medical expenses.

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