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- Title
Non-Communicable Diseases and Transitioning Health System in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea during COVID-19 Lockdown.
- Authors
Noh, Jin-Won; Kim, Kyoung-Beom; Jang, Ha-Eun; Heo, Min-Hee; Kim, Young-Jin; Cha, Jiho
- Abstract
While there are increasing concerns on COVID-19 situation in Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea), little is known about North Korea's health system function for Non-Communicable Diseases. Given the scarcity of available evidence, a scoping review was conducted in peer review articles from MEDLINE, SCOPUS, and Web of Science, and policy literatures from Rodongshinmun, state-run media in North Korea to analyze the North Korea health system and COVID-19 pandemic. The transition to a market economy is expected to deepen the gap between the rich and the poor over access to health care, causing a new type of health inequality in North Korea. COVID-19 lockdown intensified the DPRK's economic predicament exacerbating shortage of health financing on non-communicable diseases. The case study of mixed evidence from scoping review indicates that NCDs prevention and management are not functional in the transitioning health system under chronic economic crisis and isolation. This study indicates that NCDs prevention and management are not functional in the transitioning health system under chronic economic crisis and isolation. The destabilized markets under COVID-19 lockdown intensified the DPRK's economic predicament and exacerbated the chronic shortage of health financing especially to NCDs.
- Subjects
NORTH Korea; NON-communicable diseases; HEALTH policy; HEALTH services accessibility; MIDDLE-income countries; SYSTEMATIC reviews; LOW-income countries; RESEARCH funding; LITERATURE reviews; MEDLINE; STAY-at-home orders; SOCIAL distancing; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2022, Vol 10, Issue 10, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare10102095