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The economic burden of inflammatory heart disease in Korea
Seul-Ki Ko1, Seok-Jun Yoon, In-Hwan Oh
1School of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Insights
Inflammatory heart disease incurs significant economic burden, primarily driven by premature deaths. Understanding these costs is crucial for effective policy-making and resource allocation in cardiovascular disease management.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Health Economics
- Public Health
Background:
- Inflammatory heart diseases present a high mortality rate, necessitating updated economic burden assessments.
- Current data on the economic impact of these conditions is insufficient for informed policy development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To quantify the total economic burden of inflammatory heart diseases.
- To provide reliable evidence for policy-making related to cardiovascular disease management.
Main Methods:
- Utilized national health insurance statistics, Korean Health Panel data, and Korean National Statistical Office death reports.
- Estimated total costs by summing direct medical, direct non-medical, and indirect costs.
Main Results:
- Total direct costs were higher in men than women.
- Inpatient costs exceeded outpatient costs.
- Costs associated with premature death constituted the largest component (66.3%) of the total economic burden.
Conclusions:
- Premature death-related costs represent the most significant economic burden of inflammatory heart disease.
- This study provides crucial evidence on the economic impact of inflammatory heart disease, despite acknowledged limitations.
Background And Objectives:
The incidence of inflammatory heart diseases is not yet as high as those of other cardiovascular diseases; however, inflammatory heart diseases do have relatively high mortality rate. Therefore, update information on the economic burden of inflammatory heart diseases are necessary in order to appropriate policy making on these diseases.
Materials And Methods:
This study used a number of resources to obtain data, national health insurance statistics, the Korean Health Panel, and the causes of death report by the Korean National Statistical Office. The total costs of inflammatory heart diseases were estimated as the sum of direct medical care costs, direct non-medical care and indirect costs.
Results:
The total direct cost of inflammatory heart disease was higher in Korean men than that of Korean women and cost due to inpatient was higher than that of outpatients cost. The costs to cover premature death were highest among all of the components used to determine the total costs for inflammatory heart disease, representing 66.3% of these costs in Korea.
Conclusion:
Inflammatory heart disease has a relatively high mortality rate, and the costs that are associated with premature deaths consume the greatest proportion of the costs associated with this disease. In spite of some limitations of study, this could be a reliable evidence of economic burden of inflammatory heart disease.
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