About 15% of the global population—more than 1 billion people—have a disability. People
with early-onset disability are now living into middle and older ages and are therefore at risk …

Background Over 1.3 billion people, or 16% of the world's population, live with some form of
disability. Recent studies have reported that people with disabilities (PwD) might not be …

The Korea National Disability Registration System (KNDRS) was established in 1989 to
provide social welfare benefits based on predefined criteria for disability registration and an …

Objectives This study investigated the 10-year trends of weight and prevalence of
underweight, overweight and obesity according to disability grade and types compared with …

Introduction Not much is known regarding the disparities in cancer care between women
with and without disabilities. Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the potential …

METHODS: We linked Korean National Disability Registry data with the Korean National
Health Insurance database and Korean Central Cancer Registry data. This study included a …

Objectives: This study examines the inequality between people with and without disabilities
regarding unmet healthcare needs and preventable hospitalization. Methods: We used the …

Background Cancers are as common in individuals with intellectual disabilities as in the
general population (GP). For the subgroup of people with profound and multiple disabilities …

OBJECTIVES Studies on the association between disabilities and tuberculosis (TB) are
scarce. We aimed to assess the risk of active TB disease among people with disabilities …

Introduction Oncogene testing is widely used to detect or direct cancer treatments.
Compared to people without disabilities, people with disabilities in Korea have a lower …