Support by Regional Health & Medical Centers for Persons with Disabilities
Program outline
Regional health & medical centers for persons with disabilities are designated pursuant to Article 20 of the Act on Guarantee of Right to Health and Access to Medical Services for Persons with Disabilities
A hospital-level medical institution pursuant to Article 3, Paragraph 2, Sub-paragraph 3 of the Medical Service Act that was designated to provide national health examinations pursuant to the Framework Act on Health Examinations and that carries out therapy, rehabilitative health care service, and public health care service activities for persons with disabilities.
Major functions
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1 Health care and rehabilitative health care service support programs for persons with disabilities
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2 Maternal health programs for women with disabilities
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3 Education of health care personnel and persons with disabilities and their families
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4 Provision of medical services to persons with disabilities, including general medical examinations, treatment, and rehabilitation
Execution organization Ten regional health & medical centers for persons with disabilities across the nation
- Seoul : Seoul Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (North) Seoul Rehabilitation Hospital
- Seoul : Seoul Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (South) Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical Center
- Incheon : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Inha University Hospital)
- Gyeonggi : Gyeonggi Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (North) National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital
- Gyeonggi : Gyeonggi Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (South) Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
- Gangwon : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Gangwon Do Rehabilitation Hospital)
- Daejeon : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Chungnam National University Hospital)
- Chungbuk : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Chungbuk National University Hospital)
- Chungnam : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Hongseong Medical Center)
- Jeonbuk : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Wonkwang University Hospital)
- Gwangju : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Chonnam National University Hospital)
- Jeonnam : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Suncheon Medical Center)
- Daegu : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital)
- Gyeongbuk : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Gyeongbuk Regional Rehabilitation Hospital)
- Gyeongnam : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital)
- Busan : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Dong-A University Hospital)
- Jeju : Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities (Jeju National University Hospital)
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Gyeonggi(North)
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Seoul(North)
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Seoul(South)
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Incheon
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Chungnam
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Daejeon
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Jeonbuk
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Gwangju
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Jeonnam
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Gangwon
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Chungbuk
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Daegu
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Gyeongbuk
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Gyeongnam
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Busan
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Service support system
Service support system
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- Local medical services
- Rehabilitative health care service institutions, etc.
- Regional rehabilitation hospitals, dental treatment centers for persons with disabilities, etc.
- General hospitals, clinics
- Medical institution’s discharged patient referral
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- Regional Health & Medical Center for Persons with Disabilities
- Build a database of local disabled person, and health care and welfare resource information
- Operate and provide a disabled person health care information platform
- Operate a local community-based health care and welfare network
- Guarantee access and use of local health care institutions
- Self-help meetings for persons with disabilities, fostering of health leaders
- Identification of persons subject to medical service that was not fully provided & referral
- Connection to visit-based rehabilitation services
- Connection to appropriate medical institution based on the need
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- Local disabled person support infrastructure
- Disabled persons living at home
- Facilities for persons with disabilities
- Welfare centers
- Local disabled person support infrastructure (Provision of adequate medical institution information and connection for continued, suitable treatment)
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- Public health center
- Health, medical care, welfare connection
- CBR program
- Connection of persons subject to CBR
- Connection support for appropriate persons
- Physician in charge of health of persons with disabilities (Patient referral)