AUTHOR=Lee Woo-Ri , Yoo Ki-Bong , Jeong Jiyun , Koo Jun Hyuk 

TITLE=Chronic Disease Management for People With Hypertension

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 67 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604452

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2022.1604452

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Objectives:</bold> To assess the effectiveness of continuity of care policies by identifying the impact of a chronic disease management program on the continuity of care in patients with hypertension in South Korea.</p><p><bold>Methods:</bold> The propensity score matching method was used to control selection bias, and the difference-in-differences method was used to compare the impact on the treatment and control groups according to the policy intervention.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> The continuity of care index of hypertensive patients using the difference-in-differences analysis outcome of the chronic disease management program was higher than that of the non-participating hypertensive patients.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> Continuous treatment is vital for chronic diseases such as hypertension. However, the proportion of those participating in the intervention was low. Encouraging more hypertensive patients to participate in policy intervention through continuous research and expanding the policy to appropriately reflect the increasing number of chronic diseases is necessary.</p>