The Economic Burden of Brain Disability in Korea, 2008-2011.

ABSTRACT: This study estimated the economic burden of people with brain disability in Korea during 2008-2011 using nationally representative data and was conducted to use the results as an evidence for determining the resources allocation of people with brain disability. We used a prevalence-based approach to estimate the economic burden, classified by direct costs (medical costs and nonmedical costs) and indirect costs (productivity loss of morbidity and premature death). Data from the National Health Insurance Service, the National Disability Registry, the National survey on persons with disabilities, the Korea National Statistical Office's records of causes of death, and the Labor Statistics were used to calculate direct and indirect costs. The treated prevalence of brain disability increased fro

SUBMITTER: Kim HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7333489 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature