J Korean Med Sci.  2012 May;27(Suppl):S47-S54. 10.3346/jkms.2012.27.S.S47.

Current Situation and Issue of Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance

• Kim I
• Rhie J
• Yoon JD
• Kim J
• Won J

• KMID: 1714488
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2012.27.S.S47

Abstract

Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance (IACI) has a history of about 50 yr, and is the oldest social insurance system in Korea. After more than 20 times of revision improvements in benefits, its contents and claim systems have been upgraded. It became the protector of injured workers and their families, and at the same time became the system which could cope with both financial burden of employers and their responsibilities. However, there are some issues to be reformed to upgrade the IACI: 1) the problems in the approval system of occupational diseases, 2) quality improvement of workers' compensation medical care, 3) vocational rehabilitation and return to work, 4) workers' compensation premiums and out-of-pocket money of injured workers, 5) issues in application of IACI. Growth of IACI cannot be achieved by an effort of an individual. Efforts by workers, owners, and government, in addition to physicians and welfare professionals toward the same goal are required for the next level improvement of IACI.

Keyword

Workers' Compensation; Occupational Disease; Occupational Injury; Medical Care; Return to Work

MeSH Terms

Humans
Industry/economics
Insurance, Accident/*economics
Occupational Diseases/economics
Rehabilitation, Vocational/economics
Workers' Compensation/*economics

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  Fig. 1 Number of insured workplaces and workers by year.

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