East Asia
Healthcare and travel insurance in South Korea
$3,137health spend per person
Healthcare in South Korea
High-quality, fast and fairly cheap care; big Seoul hospitals run international clinics with English. Visitors pay out of pocket, so carry travel insurance.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: not required for entry, but strongly recommended.
- Pharmacies: Pharmacies (yakguk) are everywhere but close evenings and Sundays; convenience stores sell basic painkillers and cold medicine.
- Doctors: 2.6 per 1,000 people (2022, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 112 · Ambulance 119 · Fire 119 · Tourist police 1330.
Healthcare & insurance by place
- SeoulHealthcare & insurance
- BusanHealthcare & insurance
- JejuHealthcare & insurance
- GyeongjuHealthcare & insurance
- SeogwipoHealthcare & insurance
- IncheonHealthcare & insurance
- JeonjuHealthcare & insurance
- SokchoHealthcare & insurance
- GangneungHealthcare & insurance
- DaeguHealthcare & insurance
- YeosuHealthcare & insurance
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- K-ETA (Ministry of Justice)
- Korea e-Arrival Card
- Korea Visa Portal
- Speedtest Global Index: South Korea
- World Bank open data
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