Structural alignment of Korea's Integrated Care Support Act with the World Health Organization's Integrated Care for Older People framework, including Singapore case: a narrative review.

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the legal readiness of South Korea's Act on Integrated Support for Community Care using the World Health Organization's Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) framework. Methods: Using the ICOPE action items and system-level enablers as the analytical framework...

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Publicado en:Journal of the Korean Medical Association / Taehan Uisa Hyophoe Chi Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 76 - 85
Autor principal: Kim, Hee-Sun
Formato: case study review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Korean Medical Association Jan2026
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        au: Kim, Hee-Sun
        affil: Division of Health Technology Assessment Research, National Evidence-Based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Seoul, Korea
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          Community Health Services Legislation and Jurisprudence
          Health Care Delivery, Integrated
          Health Policy
          Policy Making
          World Health Organization
          South Korea
          Conceptual Framework
          Health and Welfare Planning
          Program Implementation
          Multidisciplinary Care Team
          Workforce
          Reimbursement, Incentive
          Government Regulations
          Health Care Delivery
          Quality of Health Care
      ab: Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the legal readiness of South Korea's Act on Integrated Support for Community Care using the World Health Organization's Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) framework. Methods: Using the ICOPE action items and system-level enablers as the analytical framework, the provisions of the law were systematically reviewed, and a comparative case study of Singapore's national strategy was conducted. Results: The analysis showed that while the Korean law establishes a legal foundation for procedural components such as case finding and planning (the Ready phase), it critically lacks operational mechanisms necessary for implementation (the Set phase). In particular, the law does not provide detailed standards for a multidisciplinary workforce, performance-based financial incentives, or a function-oriented data system. The comparison with Singapore further underscored a major governance limitation, specifically the absence of a national-level control tower capable of coordinating fragmented services. Conclusion: Creating a national-level implementation support agency should be a top policy priority. Such an agency is essential to serve as the control tower needed to develop workforce and data standards, align financial incentives, and coordinate a coherent national strategy for integrated care.
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