Erratum: Disease burden of pneumonia in Korean adults aged over 50 years stratified by age and underlying diseases

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Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(2):269-269

Publication date (electronic) : 2015 February 27

doi : https://doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2015.30.2.269

Jung Yeon Lee ¹, Chul Gyu Yoo ², Hyo-Jin Kim ³, Ki Suck Jung ⁴, Kwang Ha Yoo ⁵

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital, Chungju, Korea.

²Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

³Outcomes Research/Evidence Based Medicine Team, Market Access Department, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Korea Ltd., Seoul, Korea.

⁴Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea.

⁵Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Korean J Intern Med 2014;29:764-773

http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2014.29.6.764

In the article cited above, Results part of abstract has some error. It must be modified KRW instead of US $ as follow.

"In addition, the total cost for treatment of pneumonia was higher in the elderly compared to the non-elderly (KRW 2,088,190 vs. KRW 1,701,386, p < 0.001). Those with an underlying disease had a higher CURB-65 score (1.26 vs. 0.68, p < 0.001), were much older (mean age 71.24 vs. 64.24, p < 0.001) and had a higher mortality rate than those without an underlying disease (3.5% [n = 20] vs. 1.7% [n = 2], p = 0.558). The total per-capita medical fees were higher (KRW 2,074,520 vs. KRW 1,440,471, p < 0.001) and hospital LOS was longer (mean 8.38 days vs. 6.42 days, p < 0.001) in patients with underlying diseases compared to those without."

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