Research Article

Prescription Pattern of Chinese Herbal Products for Diabetes Mellitus in Taiwan: A Population-Based Study

Table 2

Frequency distribution of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) visits by major disease categories (according to 9th ICD codes) among diabetes patients from 1998 to 2008 in Taiwan.

Major disease categoryICD-9-CM codesNo. of visits (no. of patients)
Chinese herbal remediesAcupuncture or manipulative therapiesTotal of TCM

Infectious and parasitic diseases001–13921,083 (761)69 (13)21,152 (772)
Neoplasms140–23933,132 (366)613 (20)33,745 (381)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders240–279439,612 (5,565)1,995 (127)441,607 (5,620)
 Diabetes250377,621 (4,328)1,505 (65)379,126 (4,350)
 Others61,991 (1,703)490 (62)62,481 (1,742)
Mental disorders290–31924,834 (858)536 (28)25,370 (876)
Diseases of nervous system and sense organs320–389104,033 (3,962)4,593 (802)108,626 (4,513)
Diseases of circulatory system390–459180,821 (3,647)5,857 (444)186,678 (3,892)
Diseases of respiratory system460–519377,262 (10,505)1,423 (126)378,685 (10,537)
Diseases of digestive system520–579417,611 (9,387)1,332 (129)418,943 (9,432)
Diseases of genitourinary system580–629171,262 (4,145)1,294 (63)172,556 (4,170)
Diseases of skin and subcutaneous tissue680–70961,387 (2,784)280 (41)61,667 (2,810)
Diseases of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue710–739318,920 (8,808)82,936 (12,682)401,856 (16,932)
Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions780–799608,535 (14,216)3,839 (458)612,374 (14,345)
Injury and poisoning800–99917,994 (1,389)90,542 (14,141)108,536 (14,625)
Supplementary classification+V01–V82, 115 (9)0 (0)115 (9)
E800–E9990 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
Others*851,021 (15,034)96,311 (11,164)947,332 (18,954)

Total3,627,622 (27,135)291,620 (22,891)3,919,242 (31,289)

*Others include ICD-9-CM codes 280–289, 630–677, 740–759, 760–779 and missing/error data; +Supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health service, external causes of injury and poisoning.