Yoon Hyun Koo, Lee Young-Kyun, Ha Yong-Chan
Department of Internal Medicine, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Dankook University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
J Bone Metab. 2017 Feb;24(1):59-63. doi: 10.11005/jbm.2017.24.1.59. Epub 2017 Feb 28.
Although osteoporosis is increasing medical issue in the elderly population, attempts to analyze the characteristics of patients diagnosed with osteoporosis are rare in South Korea. We investigated the characteristics of patients diagnosed with osteoporosis using Korea's National Health Insurance claims data, which includes almost Korean population.
We evaluated the patients who were diagnosed and treated with osteoporosis in medical institute in South Korea, using the national database by the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA). We evaluated the characteristic of patients and state of medical service utilization in 2010.
The number of patients who were diagnosed with osteoporosis were 1,733,685, and almost of them (91.1%) were females. Fourteen point three percent of the patients had experienced osteoporosis-related fracture. The most commonly used type of institute and department was hospital and orthopedic surgery.
Considering increasing age population, basic information including characteristic of patients and current state of medical service utilization could be useful to perform appropriate management and treatment for osteoporosis patients in South Korea, using the National Health Insurance claims data.
尽管骨质疏松症在老年人群中是一个日益严重的医学问题，但在韩国，对被诊断为骨质疏松症的患者特征进行分析的尝试却很少。我们利用韩国国民健康保险理赔数据（该数据涵盖了几乎所有韩国人口），对被诊断为骨质疏松症的患者特征进行了调查。
我们使用健康保险审查与评估服务机构（HIRA）的国家数据库，对在韩国医疗机构中被诊断并接受骨质疏松症治疗的患者进行了评估。我们评估了2010年患者的特征以及医疗服务利用情况。
被诊断为骨质疏松症的患者有1,733,685人，其中几乎所有患者（91.1%）为女性。14.3%的患者曾发生过与骨质疏松症相关的骨折。最常就诊的机构类型和科室是医院和骨科。
考虑到老年人口的增加，利用国民健康保险理赔数据，包括患者特征和医疗服务利用现状等基本信息，可能有助于对韩国的骨质疏松症患者进行适当的管理和治疗。
