Universal health coverage saves more lives among severely ill COVID-19 patients: A difference-in-differences analysis of individual patient data in South Korea
Daseul Moon e outros, 2024 · Health Research Policy and Systems
Terminating full public financial coverage for COVID-19 hospital care after 20 days increased 30-day case fatality by 284 deaths per 1,000 severely ill patients.
Estimativa · deaths within 30 days of COVID-19 diagnosis per 1,000 patients
284,0 [229,1; 338,4]
deaths per 1,000 patients
- Desenho
- Diferenças em diferenças. difference-in-differences combined with 1:1 propensity score matching
- População
- Hospitalized COVID-19 patients aged 50 and older in South Korea, December 2020 to April 2022
- Amostra
- 2.460 · hospitalized COVID-19 patients (1,230 severely ill and 1,230 matched controls)
Onde está o número
Table 3, row '30 days fatality (per 1000)', column 'Adjusted DID model'
30 days fatality (per 1000) | 277.00 | 19.00 | (220.00, 334.00) | 284.00 | 28.00 | (229.10, 338.40)
Contexto
What changed: South Korea rescinded complete coverage of COVID-19 treatment costs beyond 20 days of hospitalization, returning patients to standard national health insurance co-payments. Comparison: Severely ill patients needing extended critical care versus non-severely ill hospitalized patients before and after December 17, 2021. Limits: Concurrent strain on hospital beds and staff during the Omicron surge could not be directly controlled.
Caminho no grafo
- FamíliaTransferências, subsídios e financiamento
- TipoSubsídios
- MecanismoCobertura de seguro de saúde e acesso a cuidados
- ResultadoMortalidade adulta
- EixoSaúde
MAGI só cita evidência deste instrumento
Lugares do estudo
- South Korea · País · KR
- Licença
- CC0
- Revisão
- Extraído por máquina, não revisadoExtraído por: gemini-3.8-flash, 2026-10-23