Economic burden of eating disorders in South Korea

Journal of Eating Disorders

Saengryeol Park¹  In-Hwan Oh²  Won Sub Kang³  Sang Min Lee³  Minha Hong⁴ 

[1] Department of Physical Education, College of Education, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, 61186, Gwangju, South Korea;Department of Preventive Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, 1 Hoegi-Dong, Dongdaemug-Gu, 130-701, Seoul, South Korea;Department of Psychiatry, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, 1 Hoegi-Dong, Dongdaemug-Gu, 130-701, Seoul, South Korea;Department of Psychiatry, Myongji Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 55 Hwasu-ro 14 beon-gil, Deogyang-gu, 10475, Goyang, South Korea;

关键词: Eating disorder;    Prevalence;    Burden of disease;    Bulimia nervosa;    Anorexia nervosa;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40337-021-00385-w

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundFew studies have investigated the epidemiology of eating disorders using national representative data. In this study, we investigated the treatment prevalence and economic burden of eating disorders in South Korea.MethodsThe aim of this study was to estimate the treatment prevalence and the medical expenditure of diagnosed eating disorders (ICD F50.x) in South Korea between 2010 and 2015. We also examined the economic costs of eating disorders, including the direct medical cost, direct non-medical costs, and indirect costs, in order to calculate the economic burden of such disorders.ResultsThe total treatment prevalence of eating disorders in South Korea was 12.02 people (per 100,000) in 2010, and 13.28 in 2015. The cost of medical expenditures due to eating disorders increased from USD 1229724 in 2010 to USD 1843706 in 2015. The total economic cost of eating disorders was USD 5455626 in 2015. In 2015, the economic cost and prevalence of eating disorders was the highest in the 20–29 age group.ConclusionsThe results showed the eating disorders are insufficiently managed in the medical insurance system. Further research is therefore warranted to better understand the economic burdens of each type of eating disorder.

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