Effect of a Comprehensive Health Care Program by Korean Medicine Doctors on Medical Care Utilization for Common Infectious Diseases in Child-Care Centers

Table 5

Characteristics of participants.

		Treated; ()	Untreated; ()
Dependent variables
Medical care utilization	Visit days	6.01 ± 0.41	5.52 ± 0.52
	Total cost ()	87,640 ± 8,938	67,873 ± 6,936
	Prescription days	16.22 ± 1.13	17.37 ± 1.89
	Prescription days of antibiotics	10.80 ± 0.91	11.12 ± 1.24
Independent variables
Age		5.48 ± 0.08	5.62 ± 0.12
Sex	Male	131 (57.71)	50 (54.35)
	Female	96 (42.29)	42 (45.65)
Duration	Under 1 yr	63 (28.90)	18 (21.69)
	Over 1 yr	155 (71.10)	65 (78.31)
Past history	Yes	121 (56.81)	47 (58.02)
	No	92 (43.19)	34 (41.98)
Number of siblings		1.96 ± 0.61	1.98 ± 0.71
Main carer*	Mother	202 (91.82)	69 (83.13)
	etc.	18 (8.18)	14 (16.87)
NHI	Medicaid	9 (4.04)	3 (3.30)
	National Health Ins.	214 (95.96)	88 (96.70)
Income*	Under 4,000	128 (60.38)	34 (40.96)
	Over 4,000	84 (39.62)	49 (59.04)
Mom’s education	Below high school	36 (16.98)	17 (21.25)
	Over college	176 (83.02)	63 (78.75)
Mom’s Job	Working mom	103 (47.91)	37 (44.58)
	Household	112 (53.02)	46 (55.42)

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