Healthcare Costs due to Dizziness/Vertigo in Korea: Analyses Using the Public Data of Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service.
J Korean Med Sci
; 39(29): e214, 2024 Jul 29.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Dizziness/vertigo is one of the most common symptoms for which people seek healthcare. However, the healthcare expenditure attributable to dizziness/vertigo in South Korea remains poorly understood. We investigated the healthcare costs due to six major disorders causing dizziness/vertigo using claims data.METHODS:
The healthcare costs were evaluated using all the claims data submitted to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service from January 1 to December 31, 2022. The six major vestibular disorders included for analysis were benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), psychogenic/persistent postural perceptual dizziness (PPPD), vascular vertigo/dizziness (VVD), vestibular migraine (VM), Meniere's disease (MD), and vestibular neuritis (VN).RESULTS:
During the 1-year study period, 4.1% of adults aged 20 or older visited hospitals due to dizziness/vertigo in South Korea. Compared to the general population, the patients with dizziness/vertigo were more often elderly, female, and residents of small towns. The total healthcare cost for the six major vestibular disorders was â©547.8 billion (approximately $406.5 million). BPPV incurred the highest annual healthcare cost (â©183.5 billion, 33.5%), followed by VVD (â©158.8 billion, 29.0%), MD (â©82.2 billion, 15.0%), psychogenic/PPPD (â©60.3 billion, 11.0%), VN (â©32.9 billion, 6.0%), and VM (â©30.1 billion, 5.5%). The mean healthcare cost per hospital visit due to dizziness/vertigo was â©96,524 (95% confidence interval, â©96,194-â©96,855), 30% higher than the average (â©73,948) of the overall healthcare cost per hospital visit over the same period.CONCLUSION:
Owing to higher healthcare costs for dizziness/vertigo and increased prevalence of dizziness/vertigo in the aged population, healthcare costs due to dizziness/vertigo will increase rapidly in South Korea. Thus, a guideline for cost-effective management of dizziness/vertigo should be established to reduce the healthcare costs due to these common symptoms.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vertigem
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Custos de Cuidados de Saúde
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Tontura
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Korean Med Sci
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J. Korean Med. Sci
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Journal of Korean Medical Science
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article