Economic burden of eating disorders in South Korea

BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated the epidemiology of eating disorders using national representative data. In this study, we investigated the treatment prevalence and economic burden of eating disorders in South Korea. METHODS: The aim of this study was to estimate the treatment prevalence a...

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Autores principales: Lee, Sang Min, Hong, Minha, Park, Saengryeol, Kang, Won Sub, Oh, In-Hwan
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7934560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33663608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00385-w
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author Lee, Sang Min
Hong, Minha
Park, Saengryeol
Kang, Won Sub
Oh, In-Hwan
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Park, Saengryeol
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description BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated the epidemiology of eating disorders using national representative data. In this study, we investigated the treatment prevalence and economic burden of eating disorders in South Korea. METHODS: The aim of this study was to estimate the treatment prevalence and the medical expenditure of diagnosed eating disorders (ICD F50.x) in South Korea between 2010 and 2015. We also examined the economic costs of eating disorders, including the direct medical cost, direct non-medical costs, and indirect costs, in order to calculate the economic burden of such disorders. RESULTS: The total treatment prevalence of eating disorders in South Korea was 12.02 people (per 100,000) in 2010, and 13.28 in 2015. The cost of medical expenditures due to eating disorders increased from USD 1229724 in 2010 to USD 1843706 in 2015. The total economic cost of eating disorders was USD 5455626 in 2015. In 2015, the economic cost and prevalence of eating disorders was the highest in the 20–29 age group. CONCLUSIONS: The results showed the eating disorders are insufficiently managed in the medical insurance system. Further research is therefore warranted to better understand the economic burdens of each type of eating disorder.
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spelling pubmed-79345602021-03-08 Economic burden of eating disorders in South Korea Lee, Sang Min Hong, Minha Park, Saengryeol Kang, Won Sub Oh, In-Hwan J Eat Disord Research Article BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated the epidemiology of eating disorders using national representative data. In this study, we investigated the treatment prevalence and economic burden of eating disorders in South Korea. METHODS: The aim of this study was to estimate the treatment prevalence and the medical expenditure of diagnosed eating disorders (ICD F50.x) in South Korea between 2010 and 2015. We also examined the economic costs of eating disorders, including the direct medical cost, direct non-medical costs, and indirect costs, in order to calculate the economic burden of such disorders. RESULTS: The total treatment prevalence of eating disorders in South Korea was 12.02 people (per 100,000) in 2010, and 13.28 in 2015. The cost of medical expenditures due to eating disorders increased from USD 1229724 in 2010 to USD 1843706 in 2015. The total economic cost of eating disorders was USD 5455626 in 2015. In 2015, the economic cost and prevalence of eating disorders was the highest in the 20–29 age group. CONCLUSIONS: The results showed the eating disorders are insufficiently managed in the medical insurance system. Further research is therefore warranted to better understand the economic burdens of each type of eating disorder. BioMed Central 2021-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7934560/ /pubmed/33663608 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00385-w Text en © The Author(s) 2021 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. 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 in a credit line to the data.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7934560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33663608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00385-w
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