The Effect of Chronic Disease Management Program on the Risk of Complications in Patients With Hypertension in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A chronic disease management program was implemented in April 2012 to lower out-of-pocket costs for repeat visits to the same clinic. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between participating in this program and the onset of complications among patients with hypertension using whole-nation claims data.

Methods

We used National Health Insurance Service data (2011-2018) and patients with newly detected hypertension from 2012 to 2014 were selected. Chronic disease management program reduces the out-of-pocket expenses of consultation fee from 30% to 20% when patients enroll in this program by agreeing to visit the same clinic for the treatment of hypertension or diabetes. As the dependent variable, acute myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, chronic

SUBMITTER: Lee SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9359918 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature