Impacts of Financial Coverage on Long-Term Outcome of Intensive Care Unit Survivors in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The objective of this study was to investigate whether financial coverage by the national insurance system for patients with lower economic conditions can improve their 1-year mortality after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge.

Materials and methods

This study, conducted in a single tertiary hospital, used a retrospective cohort design to investigate discharged ICU survivors between January 2012 and December 2016. ICU survivors were classified into two groups according to the National Health Insurance (NHI) system in Korea: medical aid program (MAP) group, including people who have difficulty paying their insurance premium or receive medical aid from the government due to a poor economic status; and NHI group consisting of people who receive government subsidy for a

SUBMITTER: Cha JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6753347 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature