Inequality in Life Expectancy in Korea according to Various Categorizations of the National Health Insurance Premiums as a Marker of Income.
Life expectancy
National Health Insurance
health policy
socioeconomic factors
Journal
Yonsei medical journal
ISSN: 1976-2437
Titre abrégé: Yonsei Med J
Pays: Korea (South)
ID NLM: 0414003
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Jul 2020
Historique:
received:
05
03
2020
revised:
28
05
2020
accepted:
01
06
2020
entrez:
2
7
2020
pubmed:
2
7
2020
medline:
19
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which the magnitude of income inequality in life expectancy according to different categorization across beneficiary types under the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) in Korea. We used population and death data in 2017 from the National Health Information Database of the NHIS. Income quintile groups were classified in four ways according to beneficiary type (employee insured, self-employed insured, and Medical Aid beneficiaries). Standard life table procedures were used to calculate life expectancy. The life expectancy gap between the lowest and highest income quintiles was the largest when the entire population was divided into quintiles without distinguishing among types of beneficiaries. In conclusion, we suggest that income quintile indicators in NHIS data, measured without distinguishing among types of beneficiaries, may best represent the magnitude of health inequalities in Korean society. This indicator could be used for future research on health inequalities, as well as for monitoring health inequalities in Korea.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32608209
pii: 61.640
doi: 10.3349/ymj.2020.61.7.640
pmc: PMC7329743
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
640-643Subventions
Organisme : Korea Health Industry Development Institute
ID : HI18C0446
Pays : Republic of Korea
Organisme : National Research Foundation of Korea
ID : 2017R1C1B5017747
Pays : Korea
Informations de copyright
© Copyright: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
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