Trends in hospital visits and healthcare costs of gout and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis in Korea from 2010 to 2017 using National Healthcare Claims

We examined temporal trends in the rate of gout and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) hospital visits and healthcare costs in Korea.We conducted a serial cross-sectional analysis of Korean national healthcare claims. We calculated the annual increase in hospital visits (emergency department [ED] visits, outpatient visits, and hospitalizations) and total healthcare costs per visit.From 2010 to 2017, the annual rates of ED visits, outpatient...