The impact of a medical residents' walkout on mortality rates in South Korea, 2024

Jin-Hwan Kim and Saerom Kim

Health Policy, 2025, vol. 159, issue C

Abstract: At the end of February 2024, over 11,000 medical residents in South Korea collectively resigned in opposition to the government's policy to increase medical school admissions, raising widespread concerns about potential health consequences amid prolonged workforce shortages in acute hospitals.

Keywords: Healthcare crisis; Physicians; Strikes; Excess mortality; Republic of Korea (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105375

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