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Volume 30, Number 9—September 2024
Research

Medical Costs of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease, South Korea, 2015–2019

Shihwan Chang1, Sol Kim1, Young Ae Kang, Moo Suk Park, Hojoon Sohn2, and Youngmok Park2Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (S. Chang, S. Kim, Y.A. Kang, M.S. Park, Y. Park); Severance Hospital, Seoul (S. Chang, S. Kim, Y.A. Kang, M.S. Park, Y. Park); Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul (H. Sohn); Seoul National University Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul (H. Sohn)

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Table 6

Multiple linear regression analysis of factors driving cumulative cost in study of medical costs of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, South Korea, 2015–2019*

Model no., variable(s) B SE β t p value R2 Adjusted R2
1
No. admissions
 6058.547
 627.484
 0.785
 9.655
 <0.001
 0.616
 0.610
2 0.739 0.730
No. admissions 5503.292 532.913 0.713 10.327 <0.001
Causative species: MAC = 0, M. abscessus = 1
 7921.642
 1530.022
 0.358
 5.177
 <0.001
3 0.758 0.746
No. admissions 5379.334 520.642 0.697 10.332 <0.001
Causative species: MAC = 0, M. abscessus = 1 7445.211 1502.260 0.336 4.956 <0.001
Culture conversion −3082.792 1455.967 −0.142 −2.117 0.039

*N = 147 patients. Variables include age, sex, history of tuberculosis, history of nontuberculous mycobacteria treatment, bronchiectasis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, causative species (MAC vs. M. abscessus), total follow-up duration, treatment duration, number of outpatient visits, number of admissions, culture conversion, microbiologic cure, retreatment for recurrence, and death from any cause. MAC, Mycobacterium avium complex; NA, not applicable.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These authors were co–principal investigators.

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