The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy by the level of area deprivation in South Korea.

Objective: Comparative evidence suggests that the impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy has been relatively milder in South Korea. This study aims to examine whether the pandemic has universal or unequal impacts on life expectancy across 250 districts with varying levels of deprivation.

Methods: Using mortality data from 2012 to 2021 obtained from the Microdata Integrated Service of Statistics Korea, we calculated life expectancy at birth and age 65 for both sexes, by deprivation quintiles, before and during the pandemic.

Systematic Review and Quality Assessment of Health Economic Evaluation Studies (2007-2019) Conducted in South Korea.

Background: South Korea formally adopted economic evaluation in December 2006 to aid drug reimbursement decision-making. While this policy change is applied only to pharmaceuticals, it has also sparked interest in economic evaluations for non-pharmaceutical interventions and programmes.

Objective: This study aimed to provide a snapshot of the current practice for published health economic evaluation studies and critically assess the quality of these studies.