- Changes in Labor Regulations During Economic Crises: Does Deregulation Favor Health and Safety?.
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Won Gi Jhang
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J Prev Med Public Health. 2011;44(1):14-21.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.2011.44.1.14
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The regulatory changes in Korea during the national economic crisis 10 years ago and in the current global recession were analyzed to understand the characteristics of deregulation in labor policies. METHODS: Data for this study were derived from the Korean government's official database for administrative regulations and a government document reporting deregulation. RESULTS: A great deal of business-friendly deregulation took place during both economic crises. Occupational health and safety were the main targets of deregulation in both periods, and the regulation of employment promotion and vocational training was preserved relatively intact. The sector having to do with working conditions and the on-site welfare of workers was also deregulated greatly during the former economic crisis, but not in the current global recession. CONCLUSIONS: Among the three main areas of labor policy, occupational health and safety was most vulnerable to the deregulation in economic crisis of Korea. A probable reason for this is that the impact of deregulation on the health and safety of workers would not be immediately disclosed after the policy change.
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Citations to this article as recorded by  - The Vulnerability of Occupational Health and Safety to Deregulation: The Weakening of Information Regulations during the Economic Crisis in Korea
Won Gi Jhang
NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy.2018; 28(1): 151. CrossRef - The association between nonstandard work and occupational injury in Korea
Hyoung‐June Im, Dae‐gyu Oh, Young‐Su Ju, Young‐Jun Kwon, Tae‐Won Jang, Jun Yim
American Journal of Industrial Medicine.2012; 55(10): 876. CrossRef
- A study on a hospital services evaluation method b physician survey.
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Won Gi Jhang, Ok Ryun Moon
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Korean J Prev Med. 1996;29(4):815-830.
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- A physician survey was done by mailing for the purpose of performing hospital services evaluation and ranking. A slightly over one thousand samples were drawn from the list of professional societies, and 324 physicians(about 32 percent) replied. This study has focused on developing easy and simple method to evaluate hospital services, and providing patients with useful information. Hospital service structure and process were evaluated without outcome evaluation, because it is difficult to obtain reliable data regarding health services outcome indicators. Clinical specialty was targeted to evaluate, and three specialties were chosen, that is obstetrics & gynecology, cardiology, and proctology. Among 16 structural indicators, four indicators were finally chosen in each specialty by respondent specialists. And then using these indicators, structural score was calculated for study hospitals. For process evaluation, physicians were requested to nominate five most famous hospitals. The nomination score and structural score were summed up to produce final score and hospital ranking. This method is very easy to conduct rather than other hospital services evaluation methods prevailing in Korea. And it is more useful for patients to choose hospitals, according to his/her own purpose, because it gives high ranking hospitals with specific clinical specialty.
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