Research Article

Translation of Korean Medicine Use to ICD-Codes Using National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort

Table 4

Trend in health care utilization from the National Health Insurance Statistical Yearbook, Korea.

2010 2011 2012

Number of patients
 WM44,818,780 (77.9%)45,200,513 (78.0%)45,764,919 (78.1%)
 KM12,689,192 (22.1%)12,724,688 (22.0%)12,795,918 (21.9%)
Total treatment cost ($)
 WM31,211,729,553 (94.8%)33,173,091,418 (94.7%)34,616,590,233 (94.6%)
 KM1,701,831,541 (5.2%)1,838,759,399 (5.3%)1,962,494,521 (5.4%)
Number of total claims
 WM604,017,783 (79.0%)615,979,142 (79.3%)682,586,833 (80.3%)
 KM91,356,214 (12.0%)92,010,198 (11.8%)96,378,959 (11.3%)
Number of outpatient claims
 WM593,702,030 (78.8%)605,084,745 (79.0%)670,812,474 (80.0%)
 KM91,227,649 (12.1%)91,850,417 (12.0%)96,181,670 (11.5%)

WM: Western medicine; KM: Korean medicine.