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| Name | Class |
|---|---|
| Seoul St. Mary's Hospital | OTHER |
| Hallym University Medical Center | OTHER |
| Konkuk University Hospital | OTHER |
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The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database contains nationwide claim data. By utilizing this database, the investigators aimed to analyze the current status of OCS use in South Korea by using HIRA database.
South Korea has a compulsory universal health insurance system for entire Korean population. The number of people who are covered was more than 50 million. The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database contains nationwide claim data. By utilizing this database, the investigators have performed many studies regarding asthma in South Korea. In this study, the investigators aimed to analyze the current status of OCS use in South Korea by using HIRA database.
Primary outcome was the OCS prescription in all patients with asthma. Secondary outcome was OCS prescription according to the asthma severity, age, sex, socioeconomic status and the type of hospital.
Inclusion criteria was 1) Age ≥ 15 years; 2) ICD-10 codes for asthma (J45.x-J46) as the primary or within fourth secondary diagnosis; 3) use of more than one drug for asthma at least twice per year (long acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), long acting beta2 agonist (LABA), ICS, ICS+LABA, short acting muscarinic antagonist (SAMA), short acting beta2 agonist (SABA), SAMA+SABA, theophylline, leukotriene antagonist, systemic corticosteroids, or systemic beta agonist).
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral corticosteroids | Drug | The prescription of OCS will be analyzed. OCS included betamethasone, deflazacort, dexamethasone, hydrocortisone, methylprednisolone, prednisolone, and triamcinolone. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| OCS prescription rates | Analysis the OCS prescription in all patients with asthma | 1-year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| OCS prescription according to the asthma severity | 1-year | |
| OCS prescription according to age | 1-year | |
| OCS prescription according to sex |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
• Those who are not in the insurance system
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Those who were diagnosed and treated as Asthma from 1-Jan-2019 to 31-Dec-2019
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joon Young Choi, MD.PhD | Contact | 82 10 5313 2937 | tawoe@naver.com |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Incheon St. Mary's Hospital | Incheon | Gyeongki | 21431 | South Korea |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001249 | Asthma |
| ID | Term |
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| D001982 | Bronchial Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D008173 | Lung Diseases, Obstructive |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000305 | Adrenal Cortex Hormones |
| ID | Term |
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| D006728 | Hormones |
| D006730 | Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists |
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| 1-year |
| OCS prescription according to socioeconomic status | 1-year |
| OCS prescription according to the type of hospital | 1-year |
| D012130 |
| Respiratory Hypersensitivity |
| D006969 | Hypersensitivity, Immediate |
| D006967 | Hypersensitivity |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |