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Healthcare Costs for Acute Hospitalized and Chronic Heart Failure in South Korea: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study

Authors
 Hyemin Ku  ;  Wook-Jin Chung  ;  Hae-Young Lee  ;  Byung-Soo Yoo  ;  Jin-Oh Choi  ;  Seoung-Woo Han  ;  Jieun Jang  ;  Eui-Kyung Lee  ;  Seok-Min Kang 
Citation
 YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL, Vol.58(5) : 944-953, 2017 
Journal Title
YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN
 0513-5796 
Issue Date
2017
MeSH
Aged ; Chronic Disease ; Demography ; Female ; Health Care Costs* ; Health Expenditures ; Health Resources/economics ; Health Resources/utilization ; Heart Failure/economics* ; Hospitalization/economics* ; Humans ; Male ; Republic of Korea ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors
Keywords
Heart failure ; healthcare costs ; hospitalization
Abstract
PURPOSE:

Although heart failure (HF) is recognized as a leading contributor to healthcare costs and a significant economic burden worldwide, studies of HF-related costs in South Korea are limited. This study aimed to estimate HF-related costs per Korean patient per year and per visit.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

This retrospective cohort study analyzed data obtained from six hospitals in South Korea. Patients with HF who experienced ≥one hospitalization or ≥two outpatient visits between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 were included. Patients were followed up for 1 year [in Korean won (KRW)].

RESULTS:

Among a total of 500 patients (mean age, 66.1 years; male sex, 54.4%), the mean 1-year HF-related cost per patient was KRW 2,607,173, which included both, outpatient care (KRW 952,863) and inpatient care (KRW 1,654,309). During the post-index period, 22.2% of patients had at least one hospitalization, and their 1-year costs per patient (KRW 8,530,290) were higher than those of patients who had only visited a hospital over a 12-month period (77.8%; KRW 917,029). Among 111 hospitalized patients, the 1-year costs were 1.7-fold greater in patients (n=52) who were admitted to the hospital via the emergency department (ED) than in those (n=59) who were not (KRW 11,040,453 vs. KRW 6,317,942; p<0.001).

CONCLUSION:

The majority of healthcare costs for HF patients in South Korea was related to hospitalization, especially admissions via the ED. Appropriate treatment strategies including modification of risk factors to prevent or decrease hospitalization are needed to reduce the economic burden on HF patients.
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DOI
10.3349/ymj.2017.58.5.944
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kang, Seok Min(강석민) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9856-9227
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/161151
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