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Socioeconomic disparity and the risk of contracting COVID-19 in South Korea: an NHIS-COVID-19 database cohort study

Published Online: 2021-01-15

Published Print: 2021-12

Authors

Oh, Tak Kyu

Choi, Jae-Wook

Song, In-Ae
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Article History

Received: 1 October 2020

Accepted: 10 January 2021

First Online: 15 January 2021

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This population-based observational study was conducted and reported according to the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology guidelines. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (X-2004-604-905) and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (NHIS-2020-1-291). The need for informed consent was waived because the data analyses were performed retrospectively using anonymized data derived from the South Korean NHIS database.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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