Medical expenses for gout, rapidly increased to KRW 59.4 billion in a year

As the number of patients with extremely painful gout was significantly increased, the year-long medical expenses for the disease reached KRW 59.4 billion. In particular, most of the patients were men in 30s.

The National Health Insurance Corporation unveiled the analysis result above based on the national health insurance benefit data related to gout(M10).

The number of patients who received...