The Economic Burden of Patients With COPD in South Korea
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 390
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Total cost of COPD
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to estimate a direct/indirect medical cost and to provide evidence establishing efficient strategies to reduce medical costs of COPD in Korea.
详细描述
This study is a multi-center research on economic burdens of COPD for a year. It is composed of three phases detailed as follow.
Phase 1: Direct Cost Estimation in COPD patients (N = 400) Direct cost determined as amount of money expended to medical institutes for treatment. Estimated costs, based on the information from Health insurance review agency(HIRA) and The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data, are collected.
Phase 2: Indirect cost Estimation by Sampling Survey in COPD patient Indirect cost is extra-expanses excluding hospital fees, including cost for transportation, medical instruments, home care services and loss of labor capacity reduction. The information was collected by structured questionnaire for 12 weeks.
Phase 3: Direct/Indirect cost is validated and analyzed based on the collected information from phase 1 and 2 according to severity defined by the GOLD guideline.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Over 20 years old
- •COPD patients
排除标准
- •Patients who disagree with participating in research
结局指标
主要结局
Total cost of COPD
时间窗: 1 year
Korean won, KRW
次要结局
- The number of acute exacerbations(1 year)
- The cost of alternative medication use(three months)
- Cost of productivity lost(Last 7days from filling out questionnaires)
- Nursing cost(1 year (past 1 year before filling questionnaires))
- EuroQol five dimension(EQ-5D)(3 months)
- The total number of visits(1 year)
研究者
Kwang-Ha Yoo
Professor
Konkuk University Medical Center