A Comparison of the Cambodian and the South Korean Health Care System
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Cambodia is an agriculture and developing country. A large proportion of the population, 85% live in rural areas, and only 15% live in urban areas. It is estimated that currently, approximately 34.7% of the total population are living below the poverty line. The two most salient health-related problems linked to poverty in Cambodia are malnutrition and access to health care. Republic of Korea is an industrialized country. Most private medical facilities are located in urban areas, and around 90% of physicians are concentrated in cities while 82% of the population lives in urban areas. World Health Organization (WHO) announced World health statistics in 2013 (Table 1).
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