Characteristics and Health Care Spending of Persistently and Transiently High-cost Older Adults in Korea
Sungchul Park,
Giryeon Bae
Abstract:Objectives: This study examined differences in health care spending and characteristics among older adults in Korea by high-cost status (persistently, transiently, and never high-cost).Methods: We identified 1 364 119 older adults using data from the Korean National Insurance Claims Database for 2017-2019. Outcomes included average annual total health care spending and high-cost status for 2017-2019. Linear regression was used to estimate differences in the outcomes while adjusting for individual-level charact… Show more
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