Cancer care patterns in South Korea: Types of hospital where patients receive care and outcomes using national health insurance claims data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although strengthening coverage has improved cancer care, there are concerns related to medical distortion. Previous studies have only examined whether patients visit a specific hospital, and not the continuum of patients with cancer, resulting in a lack of evidence in South Korea. This study aimed to investigate the patterns in hospital type for cancer care and analyze their association with outcomes.

Methods

The data for this study were obtained from the National Health Insurance Services Sampled Cohort database. This study included patients with four types of cancer (top four cancer incidence in 2020): gastric (3353), colorectal (2915), lung (1351), and thyroid (5158) cancer. The latent class mixed model was used to investigate cancer care patterns, and multipl

SUBMITTER: Choi DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10358188 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature