Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Farmer's Health Center Project (FHCP) in Rural Korea
2006
Hwang, D.Y. (Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea) | Kang, K.H. (Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea) | Lee, S.S. (Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea) | Ko, J.S. (Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea) | Oh, S.Y. (Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea)
This study aims to examine the operating status of the Farmer's Health Center Project and the validity of its business using the benefit-cost analysis. As the pilot project of the Rural Development Adminstration from 1996, a total of 884 Farmer's Health Centers were established until 2004. Internal information of the RDA management unit was used for the analysis. A questionnaire with an interview was also performed with 70 over 468 Centers that had been established from 2001 to 2004. Results were as follows. 1) The Center was mainly used by elderly over 60 years, which took 71.4%. Winter was the most popular season for visiting.
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