Effect of general health checks on the treatment of chronic diseases: accounting for self-selection in the retrospective cohort study using Korea National Health Insurance data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examines the effect of general health checks on the detection and treatment of diabetes and hypertension with controlling for the self-selection problem of undergoing general health checks.

Design

Retrospective observational cohort study.

Setting

Sample Research Database offered by Korean National Health Insurance Service, between 2002 and 2013.

Participants

Two datasets, focusing on diabetes and hypertensions one by one, are constructed. The number of participants for the datasets is 133 329 (diabetes) and 101 738 (hypertension), respectively.

Methods

A bivariate probit model with selection was adopted to investigate the impact of general health checks on the diagnosis of critical chronic diseases. The dependent variable was an indi

SUBMITTER: Yoon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030471 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature