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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dental-hygienists-total/2023/"
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      "source_title": "NHIS health insurance webzine, April 2024: 건강보험 혜택 (benefits: scaling, dentures, implants)",
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      "source_url": "https://www.nhis.or.kr/static/alim/paper/oldpaper/202404/sub/section1_5.html",
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      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dental-technicians-total/2024/"
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      "supersedes": null,
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      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
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      "basis": null,
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      "quote_en": "OECD: practising dentists per 1,000 population, Korea, 2024 = 0.56 (x100 = 56 per 100,000)",
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      "restricted": false,
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      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)",
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      "confidence": "medium",
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      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),KOR,HSE,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,P,_Z,2024,28836",
      "quote_en": "OECD dataflow row: Korea, health employment, dentists (DNST), practising (P), 2024 = 28,836 persons.",
      "definition_local": "OECD \"practising\" (P): dentists providing care directly to patients; compiled by OECD from national (MOHW) data.",
      "notes": "OECD measure P (practising), Korea.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-practising/2024/"
    },
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      "id": "kr.dentists_practising.2023",
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      "metric_label": "Dentists (practising)",
      "value": 28392,
      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2023-12-31",
      "source_id": "oecd-health-hr",
      "source_title": "OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)",
      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)",
      "source_url": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC,1.1/KOR+JPN+AUS.........?startPeriod=2018",
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      "headline": false,
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      "derived_from": [],
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      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "OECD SDMX CSV row KOR / HSE / PS / DNST / P / 2023",
      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),KOR,HSE,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,P,_Z,2023,28392",
      "quote_en": "OECD Health Statistics, Korea, dentists (DNST), practising (P), 2023: 28,392",
      "definition_local": "practising (P)",
      "notes": "Replaces the quarantined MOHW workforce-survey value (DECISIONS L3). OECD compiles Korea's figure from national sources; basis differs from the MOHW survey (active 29,278, licence holders after cleaning 32,517).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-practising/2023/"
    },
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      "id": "kr.dentists_total.2024",
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      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": 35011,
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      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
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      "source_title": "OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)",
      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)",
      "source_url": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC,1.1/KOR+JPN+AUS.........?startPeriod=2018",
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      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
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      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
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      "series_break": null,
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      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),KOR,HSE,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,LP,_Z,2024,35011",
      "quote_en": "OECD dataflow row: Korea, health employment, dentists (DNST), licensed to practise (LP), 2024 = 35,011 persons.",
      "definition_local": "OECD \"licensed to practise\" (LP): all dentists holding a licence to practise, whether or not currently active; compiled by OECD from national (MOHW) data.",
      "notes": "OECD measure LP (licensed to practise), Korea. National primary source (MOHW) not located; OECD compiles from national data.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-total/2024/"
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      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
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      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)",
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      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "OECD SDMX CSV row KOR / HSE / PS / DNST / LP / 2023",
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      "quote_en": "OECD Health Statistics, Korea, dentists (DNST), licensed to practise (LP), 2023: 34,361",
      "definition_local": "licensed to practise (LP)",
      "notes": "Replaces the quarantined MOHW workforce-survey value (DECISIONS L3). OECD compiles Korea's figure from national sources; basis differs from the MOHW survey (active 29,278, licence holders after cleaning 32,517).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-total/2023/"
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      "id": "kr.dentists_total.2022",
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      "metric_label": "Dentists (total)",
      "value": 33707,
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      "source_title": "OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)",
      "source_publisher": "OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)",
      "source_url": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC,1.1/KOR+JPN+AUS.........?startPeriod=2018",
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      "confidence": "medium",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "licensed",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
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      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
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      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
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      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "SDMX-CSV row REF_AREA=KOR, MEASURE=HSE, UNIT=PS, HEALTH_PROF=DNST, ACTIVITY_STATUS=LP, TIME_PERIOD=2022",
      "quote": "OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),KOR,HSE,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,LP,_Z,2022,33707",
      "quote_en": "OECD dataflow row: Korea, health employment, dentists (DNST), licensed to practise (LP), 2022 = 33,707 persons.",
      "definition_local": "OECD \"licensed to practise\" (LP): all dentists holding a licence to practise, whether or not currently active; compiled by OECD from national (MOHW) data.",
      "notes": "OECD measure LP, Korea.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-total/2022/"
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      "id": "kr.dso_clinic_share_pct.2024",
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      "metric": "dso_clinic_share_pct",
      "metric_label": "DSO share of dental clinics (%)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "kr-kda",
      "source_title": "Korean Dental Association (KDA) website (pointer for industry/professional surveys)",
      "source_publisher": "Korean Dental Association (대한치과의사협회)",
      "source_url": "https://www.kda.or.kr/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "other",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "not_published",
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      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": null,
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": "n/a: no figure",
      "notes": "No reliable figure. No registry or survey giving a chain/DSO share of clinics was found. Not estimated.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dso-clinic-share-pct/2024/"
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    {
      "id": "kr.gdp_per_capita_usd.2024",
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      "metric_label": "GDP per capita (US$)",
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      "unit": "USD",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
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      "source_title": "World Bank WDI: GDP per capita (current US$), NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, Korea Rep.",
      "source_publisher": "World Bank (national accounts data from OECD/national sources)",
      "source_url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/KOR/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?format=json&date=2020:2025",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "medium",
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      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "A",
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      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "JSON array item with date \"2024\" of indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD",
      "quote": "\"countryiso3code\":\"KOR\",\"date\":\"2024\",\"value\":36238.639908315",
      "quote_en": "World Bank API JSON: Korea, Rep., GDP per capita (current US$), year 2024 = 36,238.64.",
      "definition_local": "GDP per capita in current US dollars (GDP divided by midyear population), converted at official exchange rate.",
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/gdp-per-capita-usd/2024/"
    },
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      "metric": "hospitals_with_dental_dept",
      "metric_label": "Hospitals with a dental department",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "hira-kr",
      "source_title": "HIRA healthcare institution status (dental clinic counts)",
      "source_publisher": "Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)",
      "source_url": "https://www.hira.or.kr/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2024-x",
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      "metric": "hospitals_with_dental_dept",
      "metric_label": "Hospitals with a dental department",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "facilities",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
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      "source_title": "Number of hospitals and clinics by type and province (CSV), MOHW",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health and Welfare via data.go.kr",
      "source_url": "https://www.data.go.kr/data/15127855/fileData.do",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
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      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
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      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "data.go.kr dataset 15127855 description, column list",
      "quote": "병의원_종합병원, 병의원_요양병원, 병의원_일반병원, 병의원_의원, 특수병원_결핵, 특수병원_한센, 특수병원_정신, 치과병 의원_치과병원, 치과병 의원_치과의원, 한방병 의원_한방병원, 한방병 의원_한의원, 부속의원, 조산원",
      "quote_en": "Dataset columns: general hospital, long-term care hospital, hospital, clinic, TB, leprosy and psychiatric special hospitals, dental hospital, dental clinic, oriental-medicine hospital and clinic, attached clinic, midwifery centre (no by-department split).",
      "definition_local": "n/a: no department-level count published in the dataset.",
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      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2024-x/"
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      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "implant_procedures_annual",
      "metric_label": "Implant procedures annual",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "procedures",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "hira-kr",
      "source_title": "HIRA healthcare institution status (dental clinic counts)",
      "source_publisher": "Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)",
      "source_url": "https://www.hira.or.kr/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/implant-procedures-annual/2024/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.ios_installed_base.2024",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "ios_installed_base",
      "metric_label": "Intraoral scanners installed",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "units",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "kr-kda",
      "source_title": "Korean Dental Association (KDA) website (pointer for industry/professional surveys)",
      "source_publisher": "Korean Dental Association (대한치과의사협회)",
      "source_url": "https://www.kda.or.kr/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
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      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "C",
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      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": "gap",
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      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": null,
      "quote": null,
      "quote_en": null,
      "definition_local": "n/a: no figure",
      "notes": "No public installed-base figure. A market-research page claimed over 50% penetration in Korea and Japan without method or source; rejected under the source policy. Vendor data (3Shape, Medit, Align, Dentium, Shining 3D) or a KDA/KAID survey would be needed.",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/ios-installed-base/2024/"
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      "id": "kr.oral_appliance_reimbursement.2018",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "oral_appliance_reimbursement",
      "metric_label": "Oral appliance reimbursement",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "text",
      "as_of": "2018-12-31",
      "source_id": "kr-mohw",
      "source_title": "Ministry of Health and Welfare statistics (licensing / medical institution statistics)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Korea",
      "source_url": "https://www.mohw.go.kr/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "estimate",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/oral-appliance-reimbursement/2018/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kr.osa_prevalence_adult_pct.2004",
      "country": "KR",
      "metric": "osa_prevalence_adult_pct",
      "metric_label": "Adult OSA prevalence (%)",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "as_of": "2004-11-15",
      "source_id": "kr-kim2004-sdb",
      "source_title": "Kim J et al. Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in middle-aged Korean men and women. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004;170:1108-13",
      "source_publisher": "American Thoracic Society (peer-reviewed journal); abstract via PubMed",
      "source_url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15347562/",
      "accessed": "2026-11-09",
      "confidence": "low",
      "method": "reported",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "series_break": null,
      "restricted": true,
      "link_only_note": "Source licence is restricted: value, quote and notes are not redistributed in bulk downloads. See the page.",
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/osa-prevalence-adult-pct/2004/"
    },
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      "id": "kr.population.2024",
      "country": "KR",
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      "metric_label": "Population",
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      "unit": "persons",
      "as_of": "2024-12-31",
      "source_id": "kr-mois-jumin",
      "source_title": "Resident registration population statistics (jumin.mois.go.kr)",
      "source_publisher": "Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS), Korea",
      "source_url": "https://jumin.mois.go.kr/ageStatMonth.do",
      "accessed": "2026-11-08",
      "confidence": "high",
      "method": "reported",
      "scope": "registered",
      "basis": null,
      "headline": false,
      "comparability": "B",
      "revision": 1,
      "supersedes": null,
      "status": "current",
      "null_reason": null,
      "subgroup": null,
      "derived_from": [],
      "conversion": null,
      "series_break": null,
      "locator": "jumin.mois.go.kr/ageStatMonth.do, POST month 2024-12, sltOrgLvl1=A (nationwide), table row \"전국\", first numeric column (total, both sexes)",
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      "quote_en": "Nationwide (\"전국\") total resident-registration population, December 2024: 51,217,221.",
      "definition_local": "Resident registration population (주민등록인구): Korean nationals and registered foreign residents, as recorded in the resident register at month-end.",
      "notes": "Resident registration population, nationwide, December 2024 (includes registered residents only; excludes unregistered foreigners). Retrieved via the MOIS statistics form (POST, month 2024-12).",
      "restricted": false,
      "cite_url": "https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/population/2024/"
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