Breast reconstruction statistics in Korea from the Big Data Hub of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service

Abstract

Background Previously, surveys have been used to investigate breast reconstruction statistics. Since 2015, breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy has been covered by the National Health Insurance Service in Korea, and data from breast reconstruction patients are now available from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA). We investigated statistics in breast reconstruction in Korea through statistics provided by the HIRA Big Data Hub.

Keywords

• Mammaplasty
• National statistics
• National health programs