Jeong J, Choi JK, Nam JS, Shin HA, Chang JH, Choi HS. The effect of tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy on medical services used in association with otitis media based on Korean national sample cohort data.
COST EFFECTIVENESS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION 2020;
18:48. [PMID:
33117086 PMCID:
PMC7590674 DOI:
10.1186/s12962-020-00243-7]
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Abstract
Background
The effect of tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy (T&A) on otitis media has been investigated, but there have been no reports of the relationship between T&A and medical services used in association with otitis media. We investigated the effect of T&A on otitis media with regard to the number and cost of medical services used.
Methods
From the National Health Insurance Service National Sample Cohort data in Korea, we selected patients 7 years old or younger in 2002 who had T&A in 2005 while between the ages of three and ten. A control group was established matching the patient group with similar propensities of demographic characteristics. The number and cost of medical services used in association with otitis media were analyzed for 3 years before T&A through 8 years after T&A.
Results
The total number of patients was 1,338, with 227 in the T&A group and 1,111 in the non-T&A group. The number of medical services used was not significantly different between the T&A and non-T&A groups before and after surgery. The cost of medical services used was significantly higher in the T&A group than in the non-T&A group one year before surgery. The cost of medical services used was not significantly different between the two groups after surgery.
Conclusions
There were no significant differences between the T&A and non-T&A groups in the number and cost of medical services used in association with otitis media after surgery.
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