Increasing trends in mortality and costs of infectious diseases in Korea: trends in mortality and costs of infectious diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In an era when the average life expectancy and overall mortality rate have improved, Korea remains at risk for infectious disease outbreaks that place substantial burdens on the healthcare system. This study investigated trends in mortality and the economic burden of infectious diseases.

Methods

Healthcare data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (2009-2019) and the Korean Statistics Information Service (1997-2019) were used. We selected 10 infectious disease groups (intestinal infections, tuberculosis, vaccine- preventable diseases, sepsis, viral hepatitis, HIV-related diseases, central nervous system infections, rheumatic heart diseases, respiratory tract infections, and arthropod-borne viral diseases).

Results

The age-standardized mor

SUBMITTER: Baik D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9117094 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature