Response to Significance of the Regular Publication of Statistics on National Health Indicators in Academic Journals and The Prospects of Korea National Antimicrobial Use Analysis System (KONAS)
Sudip Bhattacharya · 2023
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Description
Sudip Bhattacharya presents a letter to the editor, printed in 2023, in reply to an editorial on publishing national health numbers in Korea. The editorial had praised regular reports on drug spending and antibiotic prescribing, including a new national system for tracking germ fighting drug use in hospitals. Bhattacharya welcomes the reports and the role of journals in certifying and spreading trustworthy data.
The letter then presses critical points. Sound policy, it argues, rests on representative data sources and systematic management of health indicators, without which recommendations lose credibility. Korea's national insurance system and its review service are noted as strong foundations. The writer urges the same rigor as drug resistance reporting expands, so the new system earns trust.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sudip Bhattacharya |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |