Research Article

Prescription of Kampo Drugs in the Japanese Health Care Insurance Program

Table 5

The ten most-frequently used Kampo extracts and their use rates according to age, sex, hospitalization, and ICD-10 categories.

Rank12345678910
Shakuyakukanzoto
extracts
Kakkonto
extracts
Daikenchuto
extracts
Hochuekkito
extracts
Shoseiryuto
extracts
Tokishakuyakusan
extracts
Rikkunshito
extracts
Bofutsushosan
extracts
Bakumondoto
extracts
Goshajinkigan
extracts

Total79,58072,22445,09037,05831,62527,94126,51325,78424,54523,253
Age171.7354.8470.1662.3653.8348.4063.1156.4255.8672.65
Male31.61%31.13%52.30%34.50%34.41%1.66%33.67%8.90%32.09%47.68%
Female68.39%68.87%47.70%65.50%65.59%98.34%66.33%91.10%67.91%52.32%
Inpatients4.63%2.47%38.59%7.50%3.69%4.14%12.26%3.45%3.67%7.79%
Outpatients95.37%97.53%61.41%92.50%96.31%95.86%87.74%96.55%96.33%92.21%
I1.34%3.08%2.29%1.40%1.15%7.89%2.26%0.33%0.02%3.32%
II3.84%0.80%17.00%5.49%1.58%2.05%5.28%0.04%1.12%20.24%
III0%0.07%0.14%0%0.07%0.05%0%0%0.24%0%
IV10.54%6.33%3.31%8.88%3.11%14.41%6.05%15.44%6.25%10.08%
V1.12%2.23%12.95%9.05%2.94%1.90%8.18%6.36%0.00%1.86%
VI0.46%4.13%6.18%4.52%0.40%5.38%6.48%1.65%2.63%3.17%
VII0%0.35%0%1.40%1.93%0%0%0.00%1.31%2.15%
VIII0%0.14%0%0%0%0%0%0.00%0.00%10.15%
IX27.88%26.58%17.48%23.89%16.94%11.53%16.28%33.05%9.61%13.64%
X3.68%26.66%5.40%5.96%27.42%1.88%10.69%0.13%59.15%4.29%
XI5.34%8.31%25.70%11.38%24.53%8.05%32.60%8.44%5.36%4.04%
XII1.19%0.58%0.82%7.73%1.22%1.35%0.04%15.38%0%0.08%
XIII34.89%13.38%1.61%7.16%5.57%8.68%6.79%13.83%6.66%19.39%
XIV5.32%4.97%1.10%10.47%10.54%30.71%3.91%3.63%4.47%6.46%
XV0.04%2.07%0.48%0.15%1.21%4.97%0.06%0.00%2.62%0%
XVI0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
XVII0%0%0.03%0%0%0%0.92%0%0%0%
XVIII1.07%0.01%2.17%0%0.64%0.68%0.45%0.78%0%0.65%
XIX3.28%0.32%3.34%2.51%0.74%0.47%0.02%0.95%0.56%0.47%

Age: the average age of the patients who were prescribed the indicated Kampo drug.