Table. 1. The public data of the health care system

Category Agency in Possession Contents Opened/Closed
Health Insurance Sample Cohort DB1 National Health Insurance Corp. - Qualification DB: gender, age groups, districts, socio-economic variables, disorders, and deaths information of health insurance subscribers and recipients. Limitedly opened
Patient Dataset2 National Health Insurance Review & Assessment service - The sample data of the patients treated for a period of one year from the date of starting the treatment based on the health insurance claims. Limitedly opened
Korean Human Body Resources Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention -The information concerning the human-derived materials (DNA, tissue, blood, urine, etc.) & clinical data (therapy type surgery type, in addition to pathological test result & blood test result, etc.) and epidemiologic (gender, birth date, drinking/smoking history, etc.) and genetic (SNP, CNV, Exome, etc.) data Limitedly opened
Community Healthcare Information Social Security Service -Information of health services (health/medical centers/branches & their administrative works. Obligatory electronic documents & treatment data. Closed
Community Health Survey Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention -Investigation of community health conditions as a basis for establishment of a community healthcare plan & health service assessment index (health check-up, vaccination, disease contraction, use of medical systems, accidents & addictions, limited mobility, quality of life, use of healthcare systems, socio-physical environments, cardiac arrest, education & economic activities, etc.) Opened
Public Health/Nutrition Survey Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention -Investigation present condition & trend of public health & nutritional balances. -Surveys on body measurements, obesity, high blood pressure, smoking/drinking, weight control in addition to nutritional data related to food & nutrition intake, dietary habits, & food supplements, etc. Opened
Korea Health Panel Korea Institute for Health & Social Affairs -Personal health levels, factors associated with use of medical systems & medical expenditures, health activities, medical requirements, analysis of changes in the medical service demands. -Socio-economic characteristics, purchase of medicines, economic activities, health levels, medicine-intake forms, private medical insurances, health functional foods, health activities, etc. Opened