Data resource profile : the allergic disease database of the Korean National Health Insurance Service

Researchers have been interested in probing how the environmental factors associated with allergic diseases affect the use of medical services. Considering this demand, we have constructed a database, named the Allergic Disease Database, based on the National Health Insurance Database (NHID). The NHID contains information on demographic and medical service utilization for approximately 99% of the Korean population. This study targeted 3 major allergic diseases, including allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, and asthma. For the target diseases, our database provides daily medical service information, including the number of daily visits from 2013 and 2017, categorized by patients' characteristics such as address, sex, age, and duration of residence. We provide additional information, including yearly population, a number of patients, and averaged geocoding coordinates by eup, myeon, and dong district code (the smallest-scale administrative units in Korea). This information enables researchers to analyze how daily changes in the environmental factors of allergic diseases (e.g., particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and ozone) in certain regions would influence patients' behavioral patterns of medical service utilization. Moreover, researchers can analyze long-term trends in allergic diseases and the health effects caused by environmental factors such as daily climate and pollution data. The advantages of this database are easy access to data, additional levels of geographic detail, time-efficient data-refining and processing, and a de-identification process that minimizes the exposure of identifiable personal information. All datasets included in the Allergic Disease Database can be downloaded by accessing the National Health Insurance Service data sharing webpage (https://nhiss.nhis.or.kr).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Epidemiology and health - 43(2021) vom: 20., Seite e2021010

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yoo, Sunyong [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Dong-Wook [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Young-Eun [VerfasserIn]
Park, Jong Heon [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Yeon-Yong [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Kyu-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Gwon, Mi-Ji [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Jae-In [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Eun-Joo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allergic rhinitis
Asthma
Atopic dermatitis
Database
Journal Article
National health programs

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Date Completed 11.03.2021

Date Revised 07.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4178/epih.e2021010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320561690