"Health insurance workers, lower cancer mortality rates than local subscribers"
Sep 27, 2024
A study found that the mortality rate of cancer patients varies according to the type of national health insurance and insurance premiums.
A joint research team led by Kang Hee-taek, a professor of family medicine at Severance Hospital, and Shin Jin-young, a professor of family medicine at Konkuk University Hospital, said on the 27th that cancer mortality varies depending on the type of health insurance and health insurance premiums as a result of analyzing data from the National Health Insurance Corporation.
The research team classified 111,41 patients diagnosed with cancer from 2007 into work subscribers (76,944) and local subscribers (34,997) in the National Health Insurance Database (NHID) to understand the effects of health insurance types and premiums on cancer mortality. Again, each subscriber type was divided into upper, middle, and lower according to the premium payment fee to analyze the mortality rate.
As a result, the overall mortality rate of workplace subscribers was 0.940 times lower than that of local subscribers, and it was 0.922 times lower in men and 0.925 times lower in women by gender.
In addition, the cancer mortality rate of those who fall under the premium payment among workplace subscribers was 0.880 times lower in men and 0.883 times lower in women than in the lower group.
This pattern was the same for local subscribers. Cancer mortality rates in men and women in the upper group were 0.730 and 0.777 times lower than those in the lower group, respectively.
The research team pointed out that job subscribers are regularly screened for cancer, and above all, predictable income has high access to medical care and actual insurance reduces the burden of medical expenses.
Professor Kang Hee-taek confirmed that there is clearly a health inequality in which cancer mortality varies according to economic level"There is a need for policy and legal state support for the proper distribution of limited medical resources and health care."
The findings were published in the latest issue of the international journal 『Journal of Personalized Medicine』.
A joint research team led by Kang Hee-taek, a professor of family medicine at Severance Hospital, and Shin Jin-young, a professor of family medicine at Konkuk University Hospital, said on the 27th that cancer mortality varies depending on the type of health insurance and health insurance premiums as a result of analyzing data from the National Health Insurance Corporation.
The research team classified 111,41 patients diagnosed with cancer from 2007 into work subscribers (76,944) and local subscribers (34,997) in the National Health Insurance Database (NHID) to understand the effects of health insurance types and premiums on cancer mortality. Again, each subscriber type was divided into upper, middle, and lower according to the premium payment fee to analyze the mortality rate.
As a result, the overall mortality rate of workplace subscribers was 0.940 times lower than that of local subscribers, and it was 0.922 times lower in men and 0.925 times lower in women by gender.
In addition, the cancer mortality rate of those who fall under the premium payment among workplace subscribers was 0.880 times lower in men and 0.883 times lower in women than in the lower group.
This pattern was the same for local subscribers. Cancer mortality rates in men and women in the upper group were 0.730 and 0.777 times lower than those in the lower group, respectively.
The research team pointed out that job subscribers are regularly screened for cancer, and above all, predictable income has high access to medical care and actual insurance reduces the burden of medical expenses.
Professor Kang Hee-taek confirmed that there is clearly a health inequality in which cancer mortality varies according to economic level"There is a need for policy and legal state support for the proper distribution of limited medical resources and health care."
The findings were published in the latest issue of the international journal 『Journal of Personalized Medicine』.
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