A Retrospective Analysis of Patients’ Conditions Using Acupuncture in a Traditional Korean Medicine Hospital

Table 4

Costs for the outpatient and inpatient care per patient for 3 years.

Medical costs (per patient)	Outpatients	Inpatients
Government-paid cost	29,620 KRW (16840, 62200)	602,690 KRW (282548, 1142094)
Patient-paid cost	41,806 KRW (22202, 132408)	455,074 KRW (130000, 1014330)
Total expenditure	80,122 KRW (40992, 209428)	1,112,360 KRW (570287, 2080160)

Data are presented as the medians and percentile ranges (the 25th and 75th percentiles). Exchange rate assumes that 1 £ is worth 1732 KRW.
KRW, Korean Won.