A spatial analysis of geographic variation and factors associated with hospitalization for bacterial pneumonia in Korea

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Agnus M KimYoon Kim

Abstract

The incidence of pneumonia in Korea started to increase in the 1990's after a period of decrease and stabilization, and the mortality and hospitalization rates for pneumonia in Korea are alarmingly high. This study was performed to examine geographic variation and factors associated with hospitalization for bacterial pneumonia in Korea. Data were acquired from the inpatient claims of the 2015 period of the National Health Insurance Service. The age- and sex-standardized hospitalization rates for bacterial pneumonia were calculated for three age groups. Geographic variation was measured with the coefficient of variation, the ratio of the 90th to the 10th percentile of the distribution of rates, and the systematic component of variation. Considering the results of Moran's I statistic which suggested spatial autocorrelation, we estimated spatial regression models using spatial error models. The hospitalization rate for bacterial pneumonia was 79.1 per 10,000 population, and the rate was the highest in the age group 0-14 at 325.3, and it was 161.5 among the elderly. The geographic variation statistics showed high variation with the coefficient variation at 0.6. The deprivation score showed positive associations, and the number of p...Continue Reading

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Feb 23, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Agnus M KimYoon Kim
Jun 7, 2020·Journal of the Neurological Sciences·Jun Hee WonHan Gil Seo

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