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Risk factors for asthma-related healthcare use: longitudinal analysis using the NHI claims database in a Korean asthma cohort.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Lee Taehoon, Kim Jinhee, Kim Sujeong, Kim Kyoungjoo, Park Yunjin, Kim Yuri, Lee Yoon Su, Kwon Hyouk-Soo, Kim Sae-Hoon, Chang Yoon-Seok, Cho You Sook, Jang An-Soo, Park Jung-Won, Nahm Dong-Ho, Yoon Ho-Joo, Cho Sang-Heon, Cho Young-Joo, Choi Byoung Whui, Moon Hee-Bom, Kim Tae-Bum
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Though insurance claims data are useful for researching asthma, they have important limitations, such as a diagnostic inaccuracy and a lack of clinical information. To overcome these drawbacks, we used the novel method by merging the clinical data from our asthma cohort with the Natio...
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