J Korean Med Assoc.  2017 Jul;60(7):530-532. 10.5124/jkma.2017.60.7.530.

Current status and future prospects of trauma centers in Korea

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea. hanhs@snubh.org
  • 2Department of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Trauma Center, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
  • 3Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.

Abstract

The government has implemented a regional trauma center project since 2012 with the goal of reducing the preventable trauma death rate in Korea to the level of developed countries. Regional trauma centers should organically cooperate with the government and the Korean Surgical Society to ensure that seriously injured patients are treated at regional level 1 trauma centers and to lead quantitative and qualitative growth with the aim of ensuring leadership within the regional trauma system. We expect that the finances of trauma centers will stabilize and that the role of trauma centers will become more mature by readjusting medical fees to a realistic level and expanding the scope of treatment to include acute care surgery. These efforts will ultimately reduce the preventable trauma mortality rate in Korea.

Keyword

Wounds and Injuries; Death; Trauma centers

MeSH Terms

Developed Countries
Fees, Medical
Humans
Korea*
Leadership
Mortality
Trauma Centers*
Wounds and Injuries

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