The effect of tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy on medical services used in association with otitis media based on Korean national sample cohort data

Jeong, Junhui; Choi, Jung Kyu; Nam, Jae Sung; Shin, Hyang Ae; Chang, Jung Hyun; Choi, Hyun Seung

doi:10.1186/s12962-020-00243-7

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Table 3 The cost of medical services used in association with otitis media

From: The effect of tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy on medical services used in association with otitis media based on Korean national sample cohort data

Age in 2005	Period before or after T&A	3 years before	2 years before	1 year before	1 year after	2 years after	3 years after	4 years after	5 years after	6 years after	7 years after	8 years after
Total	Non-T&A (B)	25,627	30,854	31,307	19,943	15,802	8660	8613	4450	3221	3478	5712
	T&A (A)	27,231	32,552	128,041	29,397	12,812	10,353	11,248	5232	4716	3269	2561
	Differences (A-B)	1604	1698	96,735	9454	v2990	1692	2635	783	1496	−209	−3151
	P value	0.721	0.750	<0.001	0.089	0.524	0.493	0.561	0.603	0.261	0.913	0.167
3-4 years old	Non-T&A (B)	38,446	56,065	76,974	56,097	53,905	26,082	9159	7042	3785	566	2517
	T&A (A)	31,353	44,321	301,891	63,005	16,618	11,605	10,499	7495	8463	1043	11,423
	Differences (A-B)	−7093	−11,744	224,917	6908	−37,287	−14,477	1340	453	4678	476	8907
	P value	0.742	0.533	0.010	0.802	0.239	0.179	0.882	0.945	0.511	0.668	0.299
5-6 years old	Non-T&A (B)	30,588	43,603	38,732	26,306	17,152	10,583	14,552	5450	4674	3815	3569
	T&A (A)	35,905	37,629	151,749	41,379	19,278	12,864	16,506	4227	5900	6255	952
	Differences (A-B)	5316	−5974	113,017	15,073	2126	2281	1954	−1224	1227	2440	−2616
	P value	0.545	0.482	< 0.001	0.129	0.742	0.624	0.856	0.510	0.618	0.591	0.004
7-8 years old	Non-T&A (B)	22,835	22,062	23,036	6814	13,514	4584	4271	3553	2245	3725	8658
	T&A (A)	21,184	39,552	95,650	20,627	9389	12,049	11,332	6378	4110	1519	3376
	Differences (A-B)	−1651	17,490	72,614	13,813	−4125	7465	7060	2825	1865	−2206	−5282
	P value	0.804	0.137	0.010	0.053	0.692	0.057	0.040	0.258	0.332	0.111	0.392
9-10 years old	Non-T&A (B)	16,315	11,704	15,617	16,544	5184	5848	3431	3075	1691	3322	6392
	T&A (A)	18,445	9274	77,243	9319	4467	2796	1485	4768	2225	881	1688
	Differences (A-B)	2130	−2431	61,627	−7225	−718	−3052	−1946	1693	534	−2441	−4705
	P value	0.816	0.600	0.056	0.531	0.766	0.383	0.242	0.693	0.680	0.096	0.310

T&A tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy
Data are presented as Korean Won (KRW), italic indicates P value < 0.05

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