Incheon City Expands Dispatch Service of Health Care Workers for Childbirth Families... Support Also for Second Child

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City announced on the 13th that it has expanded the support target for the 'Postpartum Mother and Newborn Health Care Service,' which dispatches health care workers to families with newborns, from the third child to the second child.

Previously, this service was available regardless of income starting from the third child, but since September last year, the support target has been expanded to families giving birth to a second child. Accordingly, mothers can receive health care and newborn care services for 5 to 25 days.

With the expansion of the support target, families with a first child can receive the service and related co-payments if their income is below 150% of the median income, while families with a second child or more can receive the service and co-payments regardless of income.

However, in cases of childbirth in vulnerable areas, mothers with disabilities, mothers with rare and intractable diseases, and unmarried mothers, health care services are provided even for the first child.

This service incurs co-payments depending on the type of fetus (single, twins, or triplets and above), number of births, and income bracket, and Incheon City has been partially supporting these co-payments differentially since 2017.

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