A spatial analysis of geographic variation and factors associated with hospitalization for bacterial pneumonia in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of pneumonia in Korea started to increase in the 1990's after a period of decrease and stabilization, and the mortality and hospitalization rates for pneumonia in Korea are alarmingly high. This study was performed to examine geographic variation and factors associated with hospitalization for bacterial pneumonia in Korea.

Methods

Data were acquired from the inpatient claims of the 2015 period of the National Health Insurance Service. The age- and sex-standardized hospitalization rates for bacterial pneumonia were calculated for three age groups. Geographic variation was measured with the coefficient of variation, the ratio of the 90th to the 10th percentile of the distribution of rates, and the systematic component of variation. Considering the resu

SUBMITTER: Kim AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6383222 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature