The Effect of Disability on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Myeloma in Korea: A National Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to determine whether the diagnosis, treatment approach, and prognosis of multiple myeloma (MM) vary according to the presence and type of disability.

Materials and methods

Demographic, socioeconomic, and medical data were obtained from the National Disability Database, the Korean Central Cancer Registry, and the Korean National Health Insurance claims database. An age- and sex-matched cohort was established using a 1:3 ratio constituted with 2,776,450 people with disabilities and 8,329,350 people without disabilities. Adult patients diagnosed with MM were subsequently selected from this cohort. Disabilities were categorized as physical, communication, intellectual or psychological, and affecting the major internal organs.

Results

The cohort in

SUBMITTER: Kwon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6962464 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature