Temporal trend of newly diagnosed incidence, medical utilization, and costs for pediatric urolithiasis, 1998-2007: a nationwide population-based study in Taiwan.

摘要: Objective To investigate the trends of newly diagnosed incidence, medical utilization, and costs for pediatric urolithiasis in Taiwan. Materials Methods The present study uses National Health Insurance Research Database, which contains data all benefit claims from individuals enrolled national single-payer insurance program covered 22,717,053 enrollees, nearly 99% Taiwan's population. Our analysis includes subjects aged  Results A total 1474 patients Conclusion This is first nationwide population-based to indicate declining rate, care visits, urolithiasis. These findings help quantify establish burden further refine policy.