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

Table 6

The effect of comprehensive health care program on medical care utilization.

		Total visit days			Prescription days			Antibiotics prescription days			Medical cost
		IRR**	Std. err.		IRR**	Std. err.		IRR**	Std. err.		Coef.	Std. err.
Program (ref. untreated)	Treated	0.88*	0.04	0.01	0.91	0.06	0.14	0.90	0.08	0.24	−0.30	0.29	0.30
Age (ref. under 4)	Over 5	0.81*	0.04	0.00	0.75*	0.04	0.00	0.79*	0.04	0.00	−0.59*	0.23	0.01
Sex (ref. male)	Female	0.87	0.09	0.21	0.94	0.10	0.60	0.91	0.09	0.33	−0.26	0.48	0.59
Past history (ref. no)	Yes	1.59*	0.18	0.00	1.37*	0.15	0.01	1.48*	0.15	0.00	0.92	0.48	0.06
Duration (ref. under 1 yr)	Over 1 yr	0.86	0.13	0.32	1.07	0.16	0.65	1.07	0.14	0.62	0.48	0.64	0.45
Sibling (ref. no)	Yes	0.51	0.42	0.41	0.38	0.31	0.23	0.41	0.27	0.18	−3.23	3.92	0.41
Main carer (ref. ect.)	Mother	0.61*	0.11	0.01	0.70	0.13	0.06	0.65*	0.10	0.01	−1.99*	0.82	0.02
job of mother (ref. non)	Working	1.20	0.14	0.12	1.23	0.15	0.09	1.07	0.12	0.50	0.64	0.51	0.21
Medical aid (ref. Medicaid)	NHI	0.66	0.17	0.12	0.59	0.16	0.05	0.70	0.15	0.10	−1.45	1.20	0.23
Education of mom (ref. under high school)	Over college	0.93	0.14	0.61	0.86	0.13	0.31	0.72*	0.09	0.01	−0.57	0.65	0.38
Household income (ref. under 400)	Over 400	0.97	0.11	0.76	0.98	0.12	0.85	0.94	0.10	0.59	−0.16	0.50	0.76
_cons											18.55*	4.34	0.00
LR test		0.00			0.00			0.01
Log likelihood		−1,417.63			−2,026.76			−1,762.01

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Incidence rata ratio.