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Eungyoung: General Agreement on Trade in Services of the Free Trade Agreement and the Healthcare Services of South Korea and the Prospect of the System
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Perspectives in Nursing Science 2015;12(1):1-6.

Published online: 19 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16952/pns.2015.12.1.1

General Agreement on Trade in Services of the Free Trade Agreement and the Healthcare Services of South Korea and the Prospect of the System

Cheong Eungyoung

Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Cheju Halla University, Jeju, Korea

Corresponding author: Cheong, Eungyoung Department of Nursing, Cheju Halla University, 38 Halladaehak-ro, Jeju 690-708, Korea. Tel: +82-64-741-6733, Fax: +82-64-741-7639, E-mail: echeongny@gmail.com

Received 9 March 2015       Revised 6 April 2015       Accepted 21 April 2015

Copyright © 2015 The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Purpose:

The purpose of this study is aimed to examine the Free Trade Agreement and its General Agreement on Trade in Services, especially, the healthcare service and the prospect of the system. Methods: This study was based on fourteen literature reviews from 2001 to 2014. Results: Free Trade Agreement and the General Agreement on Trade in Services were examined and Japan, China, and the United States's examples were shown. Healthcare market opening issues are the tendency of this era with the concept of globalization. Conclusion: This study highlights the tendency of healthcare market opening with all the pros and cons. The healthcare system along with the medical and nursing fields need to modify their system based on the globalization.

Keywords: Free Trade Agreement, Healthcare service

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Table 1.
Free Economic Zone in Korea
Free economic zone Location Area Designated date
Incheon FEZ Incheon 209.9 km2 August, 2003
Busan& Jinhae FEZ Busan Gyeongsangnam-do province 104.0 km2 October, 2003
Gwangyang Bay Area FEZ Jeollanam-do province Gyeongsangnam-do province 86.0 km2 March, 2004
Yellow Sea FEZ Chungcheongnam-do province Gyeonggi-do province 55.1 km2 July, 2008
Saemangeum, Gunsan FEZ Jeollabuk-do province 67.0 km2 April, 2008
Daegu, Gyeongbuk FEZ Deagu Gyeongsangbuk-do province 40.0 km2 April, 2008

FEZ=Free economic zone.

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