Two-Year Direct Medical Costs of Stroke in Korea: A Multi-Centre Incidence-Based Study from Hospital Perspectives

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00815.x
• Publication Date: 2012-05-09T09:30:43Z
• Authors: Joung-Ho Rha; Jaseong Koo; Ki Hyun Cho; Eung-Gyu Kim; Gun Sei Oh; Se Jin Lee; Jae Kwan Cha; Jin-Jeong Oh; Gyoung-Rye Ham; Hyun-Soo Seo; Jong S. Kim
• Keywords: Stroke; Reimbursement; Medical record; Medical costs

Background Despite increasing socio-economic burden of stroke, few studies have investigated the costs associated with stroke care in Korea. We estimated two-year direct medical stroke. Methods This was a multi-centre, incidence-based, retrospective observational study. examined records all adult patients who were admitted eight large hospitals throughout Korea due to acute [I60: sub-arachnoid haemorrhage; I61: intracerebral I62: other nontraumatic I63: cerebral infarction, by The International Statistical Classification Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD)-10] between 1 November 31 December 2006. Direct inpatient outpatient cost each patient extracted from record reimbursement claim data hospital. Results Out 908 studied (14% diagnosed as I60, 18% I61, 3% I62, 65% I63), 460 (50·7%) assessed for more than one-year. annual average Korean ₩ 8 114 471 US$8732) first year, 431 527 second year. year haemorrhagic (I60–I62) (Korean 13 090 179) significantly higher those infarction (I63) 5 459), whereas not different. Factors independently high female gender, young age, Conclusions determined, which seem be lower developed countries. Female factors related cost.