Measuring Trends in the Socioeconomic Burden of Disease in Korea, 2007-2015.

ABSTRACT: This study estimated the direct and indirect socioeconomic costs of 238 diseases and 22 injuries from a social perspective in Korea from 2007 to 2015. The socioeconomic cost of each disease group was calculated based on the Korean Standard Disease Classification System. Direct costs were estimated using health insurance claims data provided by the National Health Insurance Service. The numbers of outpatients and inpatients with the main diagnostic codes for each disease were selected as a proxy indicator for estimating patients' medical use behavior by disease. The economic burden of disease from 2007 to 2015 showed an approximately 20% increase in total costs. From 2007 to 2015, communicable diseases (including infectious, maternal, pediatric, and nutritional diseases) accounted for 8.9-1

SUBMITTER: Kim TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8841198 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature