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OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to examine health care utilization and to investigate barriers of health care utilization for foreigners. METHODS This review was conducted on papers published between 2005 and 2019. Papers include Korean papers, reports, and foreign papers written by Korean. Various combinations of keywords in Korean and English were used and RISS, KISS, Google Scholar, DBpia, KoreaMed, KRpia, NDSL, CINAHL, Embase, PubMed, and Medline were used as search engines. References from the searched literature were used again. The subjects of this study were foreigners residing in Korea, and only the literature including 'Status and barriers of health care utilization was included in this review. The literature type included both qualitative and quantitative studies. RESULTS There are various barriers for foreigners in Korea to use healthcare services, including language barriers, economic burdens, lack of informa-tion, physical accessibilities, and sociocultural factors. Among the barriers, language barriers and economic burdens are the main factors and the lack of information is just as important as those. CONCLUSION In order for foreigners in Korea to receive healthcare services without difficulty, increasing their understanding on Korean healthcare system and promoting all services available. Additionally, policy measures for solving economic burden and communication problems should be con-tinuously developed.