Temporal Trend of Newly Diagnosed Incidence, Medical Utilization, and Costs for Pediatric Urolithiasis, 1998-2007: A Nationwide Population-based Study in Taiwan

Objective To investigate the trends of newly diagnosed incidence, medical utilization, and medical costs for pediatric urolithiasis in Taiwan. Materials and Methods The present study uses the National Health Insurance Research Database, which contains the data of all medical benefit claims from the...

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Published in:Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.) N.J.), 2015, Vol.85 (1), p.216-220
Main Authors: Pong, Yuan-Hung, Huang, Wei-Yi, Lu, Yu-Chuan, Tsai, Vincent FS, Chen, Yu-Fen, Chang, Hong-Chiang, Chiang, I-Ni, Huang, Kuo-How
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Costs and Cost Analysis
Female
Health Services - utilization
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Male
Retrospective Studies
Taiwan - epidemiology
Time Factors
Urolithiasis - diagnosis
Urolithiasis - economics
Urolithiasis - epidemiology
Urolithiasis - therapy
Urology
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Summary:Objective To investigate the trends of newly diagnosed incidence, medical utilization, and medical costs for pediatric urolithiasis in Taiwan. Materials and Methods The present study uses the National Health Insurance Research Database, which contains the data of all medical benefit claims from the individuals enrolled in the national and single-payer insurance program in Taiwan. The National Health Insurance covered 22,717,053 enrollees, nearly 99% of Taiwan's population. Our analysis includes all subjects aged 
ISSN:0090-4295
1527-9995
DOI:10.1016/j.urology.2014.09.008