The Medical Costs of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in South Korea.

for moderate-risk RR2378 ($75) for all ages. Average reimbursement rate was RR2,000 ($63) per outpatient episode. The average cost of hospitalization was RR20,870 ($655/ n= 500), RR20,925 ($657/n= 125) for low-risk, RR20,947 ($657/n= 364) for moderaterisk, and RR17,684 ($554/n= 11) for high-risk patients; with 60%-80% of patients with CAP hospitalized and the estimated number of CAP patients of age 50 and older in Tver 3,249, the annual cost of CAP to payer is RR53,448,423 (~$1.7million); the national estimates of cost of CAP in senior adults was $124million. Employed patients comprise 12.8% and 18.3% among the inpatient and outpatient cases, respectively, and days lost from work per employed patient was 8.0 (inpatient) and 7.0 (outpatient). ConClusions: CAP in adults is a significant cause of resource use and health care cost in Russia, inpatient care constitutes the majority of cost. Cost of treatment was similar across all age and risk groups.