Factors affecting the survival of early COVID-19 patients in South Korea: An observational study based on the Korean National Health Insurance big data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to identify the survival rate and explore factors affecting survival among early COVID-19 patients in South Korea.

Methods

Data reported by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), up to 15 July, when COVID-19 was confirmed were used as research data in connection with the National Health Insurance Service's (NHIS) national health information database. The final analysis targets were 12,646 confirmed patients and 303 deaths. The survival rate of patients with COVID-19 was estimated through Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was performed to search for factors affecting survival.

Results

When looking at the survival rate by age group for men and women, the 28-day survival rate for men a

SUBMITTER: Byeon KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7908838 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature