Politics · South Korea · 6 hrs ago
More Than Half of Daejeon Nursing Hospitals Plan to Skip Care-Cost Program
More than 20 of the 38 nursing hospitals in Daejeon, South Korea, have agreed not to join a government caregiving-cost program.
The government aims to start the program in the first half of next year.
It would make caregiving costs a covered benefit for people in nursing hospitals.
The government considers this plan one of its two main welfare policies, alongside integrated care.
The hospitals’ decision means that more than half of those in Daejeon do not plan to take part.
The program is still scheduled to begin next year, but the source does not say how the government will respond.
More than half of nursing hospitals in Daejeon have agreed not to take part in a government program to cover caregiving costs.
The agreement involves more than 20 of the city’s 38 nursing hospitals.
The program is targeted to begin in the first half of next year.
The government’s caregiving-cost coverage plan is described as one of its two major welfare policies, alongside integrated care.
- Who
- More than 20 nursing hospitals in Daejeon.
- What
- They agreed not to participate in the government’s caregiving-cost coverage program for nursing hospitals.
- When
- The agreement was confirmed on Oct. 12; the program is targeted to begin in the first half of next year.
- Where
- Daejeon, South Korea.
- Why
- Not stated
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- Daejeon nursing hospitals
- 38
- Hospitals planning not to participate
- More than 20
- Program target start
- First half of next year
- Other major welfare policy mentioned
- Integrated care
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