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Implementation of the Chronic Disease Care System and its association with health care costs and continuity of care in Korean adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
BACKGROUND: The Chronic Disease Care System (CDCS) has been implemented in Korea to encourage treatment continuity in chronic disease patients. This study investigated the effect of the introduction of the CDCS on health care costs and continuity of care in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30577787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3806-2 |
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author | Kim, Woorim Choy, Yoon Soo Lee, Sang Ah Park, Eun-Cheol |
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description | BACKGROUND: The Chronic Disease Care System (CDCS) has been implemented in Korea to encourage treatment continuity in chronic disease patients. This study investigated the effect of the introduction of the CDCS on health care costs and continuity of care in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: The National Health Insurance data from August, 2010 to March, 2012 (pre-policy) and from May, 2012 to December, 2013 (post-policy) were used. Introduction of the CDCS was defined as the intervention. The intervention group consisted of T2DM patients participating in the program and the control group patients not participating in the program. The Difference-in-Differences (DID) method was used to estimate the differences in total health care costs for outpatient services and continuity of care between the intervention and the control group before and after the intervention period. RESULTS: Implementation of the CDCS was associated with decreased health care costs (β = − 46,877 Korean Won, P < 0.0001) and improved continuity of care (β = 0.0536, P < 0.0001) in the intervention group with adjustment for covariates. CONCLUSION: Findings confirm an association between the adoption of the CDCS and reduced health care costs and improved continuity of care. The results reveal the potential benefits of reinforcing effective chronic disease management strategies in reducing health care costs and improving treatment continuity. |
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spelling | pubmed-63039872019-01-03 Implementation of the Chronic Disease Care System and its association with health care costs and continuity of care in Korean adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus Kim, Woorim Choy, Yoon Soo Lee, Sang Ah Park, Eun-Cheol BMC Health Serv Res Research Article BACKGROUND: The Chronic Disease Care System (CDCS) has been implemented in Korea to encourage treatment continuity in chronic disease patients. This study investigated the effect of the introduction of the CDCS on health care costs and continuity of care in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: The National Health Insurance data from August, 2010 to March, 2012 (pre-policy) and from May, 2012 to December, 2013 (post-policy) were used. Introduction of the CDCS was defined as the intervention. The intervention group consisted of T2DM patients participating in the program and the control group patients not participating in the program. The Difference-in-Differences (DID) method was used to estimate the differences in total health care costs for outpatient services and continuity of care between the intervention and the control group before and after the intervention period. RESULTS: Implementation of the CDCS was associated with decreased health care costs (β = − 46,877 Korean Won, P < 0.0001) and improved continuity of care (β = 0.0536, P < 0.0001) in the intervention group with adjustment for covariates. CONCLUSION: Findings confirm an association between the adoption of the CDCS and reduced health care costs and improved continuity of care. The results reveal the potential benefits of reinforcing effective chronic disease management strategies in reducing health care costs and improving treatment continuity. BioMed Central 2018-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6303987/ /pubmed/30577787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3806-2 Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kim, Woorim Choy, Yoon Soo Lee, Sang Ah Park, Eun-Cheol Implementation of the Chronic Disease Care System and its association with health care costs and continuity of care in Korean adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
title | Implementation of the Chronic Disease Care System and its association with health care costs and continuity of care in Korean adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
title_full | Implementation of the Chronic Disease Care System and its association with health care costs and continuity of care in Korean adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
title_fullStr | Implementation of the Chronic Disease Care System and its association with health care costs and continuity of care in Korean adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
title_full_unstemmed | Implementation of the Chronic Disease Care System and its association with health care costs and continuity of care in Korean adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
title_short | Implementation of the Chronic Disease Care System and its association with health care costs and continuity of care in Korean adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
title_sort | implementation of the chronic disease care system and its association with health care costs and continuity of care in korean adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30577787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3806-2 |
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