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Background/Objectives: This study aims to offer development strategy for public policies to be implemented more efficiently by conducting comparative analysis of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's (MCST's) National Fitness Award 100, Korea's iconic health policy project, with the Ministry of Health and Welfare's (MOHW's) Integrated Health Promotion Program. Methods: Content analysis was used to compare and analyze the materials on health policies and a group of experts were brought together to devise differentiated development strategies for National Fitness Award 100. Findings: First, systematic foundation enabling the sharing of professionals, facilities and programs should be built through law revision. Second, a system should be in place to cooperate with relevant agencies dealing with health policies. Third, programs for physical activities should be developed and advanced. Fourth, the participant target should be expanded so that the project can become the foundation of lifetime physical activity. Fifth, promotions and campaigns to facilitate the program should be conducted to attract citizens to National Fitness Award 100. Conclusion: National Fitness Award 100 program can become a differentiated project through legal revisions and operation system building for the cooperative operation of health policy projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Comorbid conditions appear to be common among individuals hospitalised with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but estimates of prevalence vary and little is known about the prior medication use of patients. Here, we describe the characteristics of adults hospitalised with COVID-19 and compare them with influenza patients. We include 34,128 (US: 8362, South Korea: 7341, Spain: 18,425) COVID-19 patients, summarising between 4811 and 11,643 unique aggregate characteristics. COVID-19 patients have been majority male in the US and Spain, but predominantly female in South Korea. Age profiles vary across data sources. Compared to 84,585 individuals hospitalised with influenza in 2014-19, COVID-19 patients have more typically been male, younger, and with fewer comorbidities and lower medication use. While protecting groups vulnerable to influenza is likely a useful starting point in the response to COVID-19, strategies will likely need to be broadened to reflect the particular characteristics of individuals being hospitalised with COVID-19. Detailed knowledge of the characteristics of COVID-19 patients helps with public health planning. Here, the authors use routinely-collected data from seven databases in three countries to describe the characteristics of >30,000 patients admitted with COVID-19 and compare them with those admitted for influenza in previous years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]