General Background and Practical Implementation of the Health Management Service Institution in Korea

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  • OKAHARA Shintaro
    Occupational Health Training Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
  • LEE Byeong-Woo
    Department of Environmental Health Engineering, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
  • OGASAWARA Takayuki
    Occupational Health Training Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
  • MORI Koji
    Occupational Health Training Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Department of Occupational Health Practice and Management, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

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  • 韓国における保健管理代行機関制度の背景と運用に関する調査報告
  • カンコク ニ オケル ホケン カンリ ダイコウ キカン セイド ノ ハイケイ ト ウンヨウ ニ カンスル チョウサ ホウコク

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Abstract

The Korean Occupational Safety and Health Act requires an employer with more than 50 employees to assign a health manager or an occupational physician. However, there are many cases where it is difficult for medium-scale enterprises to perform occupational health practices autonomously because their financial base is weaker than that of large-scale enterprises. The Korean Occupational Safety and Health Act was amended in 1990 so that medium-scale enterprises could entrust a health management service institution with their health management tasks. This system is similar to the outsourcing of medical examinations, occupational physicians, or the measurement of the working environment in Japan, but its legal background and actual activities are korea-specific, and it has some different points. In particular, the quality control of health management service institutions by legal and administrative regulations, and the multidisciplinary provision of services contribute to the development of occupational health in medium-scale enterprises. This will be a good reference for occupational health services in small- and medium-scale enterprises in the future in Japan.

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  • Journal of UOEH

    Journal of UOEH 36 (3), 217-226, 2014-09-01

    The University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

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