Solidarity, labour, and institution : the politics of health insurance reform in Japan and South Korea

Why did South Korea integrate multiple health insurers into a single national health insurance in 2003 while Japan maintained its fragmented insurance system based on labour market status? Why did labour in South Korea support the integration of health insurance schemes whilst labour in Japan was op...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kim, Seongjo
Other Authors: Watanabe, Hiroaki Richard ; Conrad, Harald
Published: University of Sheffield 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.718843