Abstract
To determine the awareness and willingness-to-pay for smart healthcare among the general population of Korea A survey was conducted during December of 2017 using data obtained via an Internet-based survey from 500 randomized people between 20-59 years old. To make a generalized selection, it was conducted across the nation on a pro-rata basis covering seven regions. The survey instrument included questions regarding demographics, preferences, importance and affordability About smart healthcare awareness, 78.2% of respondents replied that they had heard about smart healthcare but only 14% were well-informed about it. The main channels of exposure to information were from internet news articles, TV news and health information programs 74% of respondents replied that they would like to use smart healthcare services, 22% were neutral, and 5% replied that they did not intend to use a service. Regarding a willingness to pay, 51% of respondents replied that they were not willing to pay more than 10,000KRW per month while 28% replied that 10,000~30,000KRW was acceptable, 13% replied that they were willing to pay 50,000~100,000KRW, and 2% replied that 100,000KRW was tolerable One-way remote-monitoring is allowed under medical law in Korea but only 20% were aware of this, while 80% of respondents were misinformed This survey has a 95% confidence level with a ±4.4% sampling error As a result of the population aging and an increase of healthcare expenditure, interest in cost-effective healthcare services has been rising while the healthcare service paradigm has been gradually shifting from treatment to prediction, prevention and personalized medicine. Aligned with this trend, smart healthcare services will play an important role for effective disease management and improved quality of life. We could find that to make that happen, providing the right information to the general population and developing prescient political system are very important
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