Korean Circ J.  2019 Dec;49(12):1155-1163. 10.4070/kcj.2019.0080.

Descriptive Study on the Korean Status of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC) Database: Focused on Temporal Trend

• Sung J
• Hong KP

• KMID: 2464295
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2019.0080

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an indispensable treatment modality in coronary artery disease. However, there is still inadequacy of comprehensive knowledge on the Korean status and trend of this important procedure using nation-wide and representative data.
METHODS
National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort is a database containing demographic, health insurance reimbursement for patient management and health screening data of about one million Koreans for 12 years (2002-2013). Annual procedure rate for PCI was estimated by bootstrapping as per 100,000 person-years.
RESULTS
Among the whole cohort, total 12,186 PCI's were done during the study period. Mean age of subjects who underwent PCI was 57.6±11.2 years and male:female proportion was 68%:32%. Death from all cause occurred in 1,843 (15.1%), death from ischemic heart diseases in 662 (5.4%), death from all cardiovascular cause in 872 (7.2%) during the follow-up. The proportion of the primary PCI for acute myocardial infarction was estimated to be 24.0%. Estimated annual rate of PCI increased from median 29.1 (95% confidence interval [CI], 26.6-32.1) in 2002 to 107.7 (95% CI, 103.0-113.8) per 100,000 person-years in 2013. In this cohort, PCI was performed in total 180 hospitals, which annually increased from 59 in 2002 to 153 in 2013.
CONCLUSIONS
PCI had increased in volume from 2002 to 2013. This descriptive data may be considered in policy making and planning further direction of management of coronary artery disease in Korea.

Keyword

Coronary artery disease; Percutaneous coronary intervention

MeSH Terms

Cohort Studies*
Coronary Artery Disease
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Korea
Mass Screening
Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Ischemia
National Health Programs*
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention*
Policy Making

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  Figure 1 Temporal trend of the annual rate of PCI and IHD admission during the study period. PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; IHD = ischemic heart disease.

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