Classification | Republic of Korea | Japan | Germany | United States of America | ||
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Socio-economic status | Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Current prices, current PPPs) (USD, billion)a | 2,344.3 | 5,315.6 | 4,560.9 | 20,893.7 | |
GDP per head (Current prices, current PPPs) (US Dollar)a | 45,274 | 42,285 | 54,844 | 63,285 | ||
Current expenditure on health (all functions) (share of GDP)b | 8.4 | 11.1 | 12.8 | 18.8 | ||
Status of COVID-19 | Total population (1,000 persons)c | 51,269 | 126,476 | 83,784 | 331,003 | |
Number of confirmed cases (persons)d | 56,872 | 217,312 | 1,640,858 | 18,648,989 | ||
Cumulative number of confirmed cases (per million)d | 1,109 | 1,718 | 19,584 | 56,341 | ||
Cumulative number of deaths (per million)d | 16 | 25 | 355 | 991 | ||
Date of first confirmed cased | 2020.1.20 | 2020.1.15 | 2020.1.28 | 2020.1.31 | ||
Status of health resourcese | Number of physicians per 1,000 persons | 2.4 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 2.6 | |
Number of nurses per 1,000 persons | 7.2 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 11.9 | ||
Number of hospital beds per 1,000 persons | 12.4 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 2.8 | ||
Number of public hospital beds per 1,000 persons | 1.2 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 0.6 | ||
Type of Healthcare systemf | Social Health Insurance | Social Health Insurance | Social Health Insurance | Private Health System (Partially social health insurance) | ||
Characteristics of social health insurance | Population coverageg | 97% | 100% | 87% | 18% | |
Reimbursement system | Outpatient | FFS | FFS | FFS under sectoral budgeting | FFS | |
Inpatient | FFS (partially DRG) | DPC | DRG | DRG |