In 2011, total of 3,664 local public health and medical institutes are operated including 253 of public health centers, 1,305 of public health center branches and 1,908 of public health care posts (Public Health Record 2011). For South Korea where p
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In 2011, total of 3,664 local public health and medical institutes are operated including 253 of public health centers, 1,305 of public health center branches and 1,908 of public health care posts (Public Health Record 2011). For South Korea where public nature of medical facilities and public health and medical institution are vulnerable, a public health center plays a critical role in public health care. However, the ministry of health and welfare currently reported that there is no significant difference between roles of public medical institutions and private medical institutions. Thus, it would be necessary for the public medical institution to differentiate its medical/health services institutions from of the private medical institution, to be in charge of planning of promotion of health of a local community and to secure the proper public characteristic, accessibility and fairness of medical services. Moreover, public health care centers in metropolis do not even have a proper operation standard to be in compliance and they are operated in accordance with the operation standard for public health care centers in farming and fishing villages. Also, there are only few studies on the architecture of public health care centers as well as spatial composition of public health care centers in a city.
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