Trends in Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE) and Disparities by Income and Region in Korea (2008-2020): Analysis of a Nationwide Claims Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthy life expectancy is a well-recognized indicator for establishing health policy goals used in Korea's Health Plan. This study aimed to explore Koreans' healthy life expectancy and its gender, income, and regional disparities from 2008 to 2020.

Methods

This study was conducted on the entire population covered by health insurance and medical aid program in Korea. The incidence-based "years lived with disability" for 260 disease groups by gender, income level, and region was calculated employing the methodology developed in the Korean National Burden of Disease Study, and it was used as the number of healthy years lost to calculate health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE).

Results

Koreans' HALE increased from 68.89 years in 2008 to 71.82 years in 2020. Alt

SUBMITTER: Jung YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10876431 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature