Healthcare use and medical cost before and after diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in Korea: the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

The global prevalence and incidence of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections are increasing; however, population-level data on healthcare use and medical costs for people with NTM infections are limited. Thus, we investigated the rates of healthcare use and medical costs of people with NTM infections in South Korea using the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort from 2002 to 2015.

Methods

In this cohort study, people with and without NTM infection aged 20-89 years were matched 1 to 4 by sex, age, Charlson comorbidity index, and year of diagnosis. The overall and annual average healthcare use and medical costs were calculated. In addition, trends in healthcare use and medical costs for each of the 3 years before and after NT

SUBMITTER: Lee SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9940163 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature