ArticleJournal of eating disorders2021
Economic burden of eating disorders in South Korea.
Article in Journal of eating disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Identification and Management of Binge-Eating Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa in Primary Care Settings: A Qualitative Systematic Review of Healthcare Professionals' and Patients' Perceptions.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Global and Regional Economic Burden of Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review and Critique of Methods.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Psychological Treatments for Adult Patients with Anorexia Nervosa in Korea: A Retrospective Study.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Cognitive and Mental Health Profiles of Binge-Eating Adults with and Without Comorbid Addictive Behaviors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A brief report of the economic burden and epidemiological finding of suicide attempts among the older adults in Korea from 2007 to 2021.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Eating Disorders in Bangladesh: A Narrative Review.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Article
- Cultural consonance, body image, and disordered eating among young South Korean men.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- Etiology and Secular Trends in Primary Amenorrhea in 856 Patients: A 17-Year Retrospective Multicenter Study in Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2022Article
- Association of Smartphone Use With Body Image Distortion and Weight Loss Behaviors in Korean Adolescents.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Eating disorders in the U.S. Medicare population.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Impact of eating disorders on paid or unpaid work participation and performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Estimation of Years Lived with Disability Using a Prevalence-Based Approach: Application to Major Psychiatric Disease in Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundFew studies have investigated the epidemiology of eating disorders using national representative data. In this study, we investigated the treatment prevalence and economic burden of eating disorders in South Korea.
methodsThe aim of this study was to estimate the treatment prevalence and the medical expenditure of diagnosed eating disorders (ICD F50.x) in South Korea between 2010 and 2015. We also examined the economic costs of eating disorders, including the direct medical cost, direct non-medical costs, and indirect costs, in order to calculate the economic burden of such disorders.
resultsThe total treatment prevalence of eating disorders in South Korea was 12.02 people (per 100,000) in 2010, and 13.28 in 2015. The cost of medical expenditures due to eating disorders increased from USD 1229724 in 2010 to USD 1843706 in 2015. The total economic cost of eating disorders was USD 5455626 in 2015. In 2015, the economic cost and prevalence of eating disorders was the highest in the 20-29 age group.
conclusionsThe results showed the eating disorders are insufficiently managed in the medical insurance system. Further research is therefore warranted to better understand the economic burdens of each type of eating disorder.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.