Trends in hospital visits and healthcare costs of gout and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis in Korea from 2010 to 2017 using National Healthcare Claims.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

We examined temporal trends in the rate of gout and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) hospital visits and healthcare costs in Korea.

Methods

We conducted a serial cross-sectional analysis of Korean national healthcare claims. We calculated the annual increase in hospital visits (emergency department [ED] visits, outpatient visits, and hospitalizations) and total healthcare costs per visit.

Results

From 2010 to 2017, the annual rates of ED visits, outpatient visits, and hospitalizations for gout increased from 6.28 to 21, from 638.38 to 1059.55, and from 12.37 to 15.6 per 100,000 persons, respectively. Before 2013, ED visits for gout were most common in patients over 70 years old, but they were most common in those aged between 30 and 49 years afte

SUBMITTER: Son KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9082448 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature