title: Diabetes epidemics in Korea: reappraise nationwide survey of diabetes "diabetes in Korea 2007".
abstract: There are many studies on the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and economic burden of diabetes across the past four decades in Korea. Nonetheless, there is a dearth of nationwide study regarding diabetes encompassing all age group. Eight years ago, the Committee on the Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus of Korean Diabetes Association collaborated with Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service to evaluate the status of diabetes care and characteristics in diabetic patients in Korea. In 2007, the collaborative task force team published a comprehensive survey titled "Diabetes in Korea 2007." In this review, we reappraise the diabetic epidemics from the joint report and suggest further studies that are needed to be investigated in the future.
authors.forename: Ie Byung
authors.initials: IeB
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jaiyong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae Jung
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Choon Hee
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Jee-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Seok Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Juneyoung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyung Mook
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kyung Wan
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Jeong Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyun Shik
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Chul Woo
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Hwayoung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sunhee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Im Bong
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Injeoung
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sei Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Baik
keywords: Diabetes mellitus, type 2; Epidemiology; Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service; Korea; National survey