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This study aims to estimate the volume of unnecessarily utilized hospital outpatient services in Korea and quantify the total cost resulting from the inappropriate utilization. The analysis included a sample...
Chang HS, Kim HJ, Nam CM, Lim SJ, Jang YH, Kim S, Kang HY
KMID: 1501673
J Prev Med Public Health.
2012 Sep;45(5):291-300.
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to estimate the annual socioeconomic burden of coronary heart disease (CHD) in Korea in 2005, using the National Health Insurance (NHI) claims data.
METHODS: A prevalence-based, top-down, cost-of-treatment...
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to estimate the annual socioeconomic cost of diseases in Korea.
METHODS: We estimate both the direct and indirect costs of diseases in...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the relationship between depressive symptoms and health care costs in outpatients with chronic medical illnesses in Korea, we screened for depressive symptoms in 1,118 patients with...