title: Management of osteoporosis in South Korea.
abstract: Epidemiologic studies have suggested that South Korea is a country with low risk rates of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures. Recently, the Korean Nationwide-Databased Osteoporosis Study (KNOS) performed an overall analysis of osteoporosis using data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessments (HIRA) database. The Korean National Health Insurance Program covers almost 100% of the Korean population, and HIRA reviews all information on medication, operation, and discharge diagnoses according to ICD-10 codes. Therefore, all information about osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures was obtained from this centralized database. This article reviews the KNOS's efforts to characterize the management of osteoporosis in South Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Kyun
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sunmee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yong-Chan
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Ha
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000196:embryology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D056910:Republic of Korea