This study has been carried out to get the effectively managing plan of chronic desease and analyzed chronic desease´s prevalence patterns.
This study was conducted investigating the receipts claimed medical institutions to FKMIS(Federation of Korean Medical Insurance Societies)
The majour findings obtainded from this study are as follows;
1. In 1989, Prevalence rate of chronic diseases was 15.5%. The expressed prevalence rate in female was 1.2times as high as that of male and was on the increase by aging.
2. Prevalence rate of some chronic diseases had an apparant variation according to gender status;
1) Diseases of higher prevalence rate in females were disorders of thyroid gland, malignant neoplasm of genitourinary organs, mental disorders, arthropathies and related disorders.
2) Diseases of higher prevalence rate in male were syphilis and other venereal diseases, malignant neoplasm of respiratory and in trathoracic organ, chronic liver disease, malignant neoplasm of digestive organ and peritoneum.
3. By comparing data of 1980, 1986 and 1989, it can be seen that the prevalence rate of chronic diseases had increased the most; diabetes(3.1 times), followed by asthma(2.7 times), diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue(2.4 times), malignant neoplasm(1.6 times), mental disorders, hypertensive disease(1.5 times).
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