Medical Expenditure of National Health Insurance Attributable to Smoking among the Korean Population / 예방의학회지
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
;
: 227-232, 2007.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-80468
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this study was to determine the population-attributable risk (PAR) and estimate the total medical expenditure of the Korean National Health Insurance (KNHI) due to smoking.METHODS:
We used data from the Korean Cancer Prevention Study of 1,178,138 Koreans aged 30 to 95. These data were available from 1992 to 2003 and covered a long-term follow-up period among the Korean population.RESULTS:
The total medical expenditure of KNHI related to smoking increased by 27% from $324.9 million in 1999 to $413.7 million in 2003. By specific diseases, smokingattributable KNHI medical expenditure was the highest for lung cancer ($74.2 million), followed by stroke ($65.3 million), COPD ($50.1 million), CHD ($49 million) and stomach cancer ($30 million). A total of 1.3 million KNHI patients were suffering from smoking-related diseases in 2003. We predicted rises in total KNHI medical expenditure related to smoking to $675.1 million (63% increase compared with that of 2003) and in the total number of KNHI patients suffering from smoking-related diseases to about 2.6million (an approximate 100% increase compared with those in 2003) in 2015.CONCLUSIONS:
We found a substantial economic burden related to the high smoking prevalence in South Korea.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Smoking
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Risk
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Models, Econometric
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Health Expenditures
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Korea
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National Health Programs
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Health economic evaluation
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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