ArticleThe Lancet. Public health2023
Population health outcomes in South Korea 1990-2019, and projections up to 2040: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
Article in The Lancet. Public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.
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
25 citing papers in PubMed.
- Alcohol consumption and the risks of morbidity and mortality across 39 diseases and conditions: A population-based cohort study in Korea.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- Burden of lower extremity peripheral arterial disease in the Western Pacific region, 1990-2021: a comparative analysis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Sustained increases in life expectancy and changes in lifespan variation in South Korea, 1970-2023: decomposing compression and shifting of mortality.Population health metrics · 2026Article
- Article
- Enhancing Healthcare Services for Vulnerable Aging Populations: A Comparative Analysis of Puerto Rico and International Case Studies.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Trends in Medical Traveling for Radical Prostatectomy in the Era of Robotic Surgery: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea.The world journal of men's health · 2026Article
- Trends in mortality of the WHO-recommended diseases for palliative care in the Republic of Korea, 2014-2023.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype in relation to diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases in the Indonesian and Korean populations: evidence from two national surveys.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Article
- Disease accumulation across birth cohorts in South Korea.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Risk of Hematologic Malignancies in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.JACC. CardioOncology · 2025Article
- Income-related disparities in the value of health care in South Korea.Health affairs scholar · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Health Care Spending Among Adults in South Korea.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Cohort profile: the Korean National Health Examination Baseline (KNHEB) cohort for longitudinal health monitoring in South Korea.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic Status and Vascular Access Patency in Hemodialysis: Analysis of Korean National Health Insurance Service Data from 2008 to 2019.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Association Between Suicidal Ideation and Cancer Screening Uptake: Results from Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Korea.Cancers · 2025Article
- Health Care Spending Increases and Value in South Korea.JAMA health forum · 2025Article
- Regional population decline and health screening uptake in Korean adults: nationwide study using multilevel regression analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Real-World Effectiveness of Single-Inhaler Triple Treatment Through Assorted Respiratory Outcomes When Switched From Multiple-Inhaler Triple Therapies (RESTART): A Prospective Cohort Study of Korean Patients With COPD.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Observational
- Is avoidable diabetes-related hospitalization in older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus associated with increased health expenditure?: A nationwide retrospective cohort study in South Korea.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Aging with HIV: The Burden of Comorbidities, Polypharmacy, and Drug Interactions in Korean People Living with HIV Aged ≥50 Years.Infection & chemotherapy · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundSouth Korea has one of the longest operating universal health coverage (UHC) systems. A comprehensive analysis of long-term trajectories of morbidity and mortality in the South Korean population after the inception of UHC is needed to inform health-care policy and practice.
methodsWe used data from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2019 to present estimates of cause-specific mortality, incidence, prevalence, years of life lost (YLLs), years of life lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) in South Korea from 1990 to 2019. We also examined forecasted estimates of YLLs up to 2040 to investigate likely future changes in disease burden. Finally, we evaluated GBD estimates from seven comparator countries to place disease burden in South Korea within a broader context.
findingsAge-standardised DALYs related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) decreased by 43·6% (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 39·4-47·9) and mortality by 58·8% (55·9-60·5) from 1990 to 2019. In 2019, the ratio of male to female age-standardised rates of YLLs in South Korea was higher than the global average for 75·9% (22 of 29 diseases) of leading causes, indicating a disproportional disease burden on males in South Korea. Among risk factors, tobacco use accounted for the highest number of 2019 deaths (44 470 [95% UI 37 432-53 989]) in males and high systolic blood pressure for the highest number (21 014 [15 553-26 723]) in females. Among the top ten leading causes of YLLs forecast in South Korea in 2040, nine were NCDs, for both males and females.
interpretationOur report shows a positive landscape of population health outcomes in South Korea following the establishment of UHC. However, due in part to the effects of population ageing driving up medical expenditures for NCDs, financial pressures and sustainability challenges associated with UHC are pressing concerns. Policy makers should work to tackle population ageing and allocate resources efficiently by prioritising interventions that address the leading causes of death and disability identified in this study.
fundingBill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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.