The Economic Burden of Otitis Media in Korea, 2012: A Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Rates of inpatient admissions and outpatient visits due to otitis media by age.

Age	⁢Outpatient		⁢Inpatient
	Number of outpatient visits	Number of outpatient visits (per 1 OM patient)	Number of inpatient admissions	Number of inpatient admissions (per 100 OM patient)	Inpatient hospital days (per 1 OM inpatient admission)
0–9	7,877,576	7.38	21,384	2.00	4.67
10–19	596,280	4.07	1,441	0.98	4.86
20–29	217,858	3.73	944	1.64	5.54
30–39	428,285	4.15	1,924	1.87	5.47
40–49	550,212	5.03	4,086	3.74	5.67
50–59	710,480	5.75	5,937	4.81	5.82
60–69	585,154	6.37	3,694	4.02	5.93
70–79	481,091	7.02	1,276	1.86	6.16
80+	131,155	6.74	211	1.09	10.96
Total	11,578,091	6.47	40,897	2.29	5.19

OM: otitis media.