Lee Young-Kyun, Jang Sunmee, Ha Yong-Chan
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea.
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Epidemiologic studies have suggested that South Korea is a country with low risk rates of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures. Recently, the Korean Nationwide-Databased Osteoporosis Study (KNOS) performed an overall analysis of osteoporosis using data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessments (HIRA) database. The Korean National Health Insurance Program covers almost 100% of the Korean population, and HIRA reviews all information on medication, operation, and discharge diagnoses according to ICD-10 codes. Therefore, all information about osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures was obtained from this centralized database. This article reviews the KNOS's efforts to characterize the management of osteoporosis in South Korea.
流行病学研究表明，韩国是一个骨质疏松症和骨质疏松性骨折风险率较低的国家。最近，韩国全国骨质疏松症数据库研究（KNOS）利用健康保险审查与评估（HIRA）数据库的数据对骨质疏松症进行了全面分析。韩国国民健康保险计划覆盖了几乎100%的韩国人口，HIRA会根据国际疾病分类第十版（ICD-10）编码审查所有关于用药、手术和出院诊断的信息。因此，所有关于骨质疏松症和骨质疏松性骨折的信息均从这个集中式数据库中获取。本文回顾了KNOS为描述韩国骨质疏松症管理情况所做的工作。
