Abstract
COVID-19 - the worst pandemic of the current century, has infected more than 80 million people, resulting in nearly two million deaths by the end of the year 2020. The pandemic has highlighted multiple issues in the existing healthcare delivery system throughout the world including racial/ethnic disparities in receipt of health care, differences in health outcomes by socio-economic and healthcare coverage status. Despite the few limitations of universal health care (UHC), including long wait times and limited usage of novel healthcare technology because of budgetary constraints [1], there are notable benefits of UHC, such as equitable health coverage for the entire population, lower cost of healthcare to society, reduced administrative costs, etc.
Highlights
COVID-19 - the worst pandemic of the current century, has infected more than 80 million people, resulting in nearly two million deaths by the end of the year 2020
Lee et al presented the results from their investigation of whether socio-economic disparities persisted in COVID-19 health outcomes in spite of the barrier-free health care initiative in South Korea [3]
Almost all South Koreans (97%) are covered by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) and pay NHIS premiums according to their income levels or property values
Summary
COVID-19 - the worst pandemic of the current century, has infected more than 80 million people, resulting in nearly two million deaths by the end of the year 2020. The pandemic has highlighted multiple issues in the existing healthcare delivery system throughout the world including racial/ethnic disparities in receipt of health care, differences in health outcomes by socio-economic and healthcare coverage status.
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