Use of Western Medicine and Traditional Korean Medicine for Joint Disorders: A Retrospective Comparative Analysis Based on Korean Nationwide Insurance Data
Table 4
Number of hospitalizations and outpatient visits by type of medicine in 2011–2014.
Type of medicine
Hospital type
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011–2014
H
O
H
O
H
O
H
O
H
O
WM
Tertiary Hospital
355
7,860
348
10,697
383
11,051
455
10,817
1,541
40,425
%
4.08
0.53
3.20
0.69
3.05
0.70
3.19
0.68
3.32
0.65
General Hospital
1,123
29,569
1,263
46,307
1,543
47,052
1,677
52,028
5,606
174,956
%
12.92
2.01
11.61
2.99
12.29
2.97
11.74
3.28
12.08
2.83
Hospital
3,232
62,241
4,061
127,047
4,493
131,644
5,193
136,668
16,979
457,600
%
37.17
4.23
37.32
8.20
35.79
8.32
36.37
8.62
36.58
7.39
Long-term care hospital
2,491
3,778
3,504
8,461
4,237
8,142
4,925
8,247
15,157
28,628
%
28.65
0.26
32.20
0.55
33.75
0.51
34.49
0.52
32.66
0.46
Western Clinic
1,296
867,535
1,383
858,553
1,493
874,403
1,508
881,056
5,680
3,481,547
%
14.91
58.92
12.71
55.45
11.89
55.29
10.56
55.56
12.24
56.26
Dental Hospital
0
14
0
38
0
11
0
18
0
81
%
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Public Health Center
0
1,845
0
2,159
0
2,441
0
2,865
0
9,310
%
0.00
0.13
0.00
0.14
0.00
0.15
0.00
0.18
0.00
0.15
Local Public Health Clinic
0
442
0
487
0
245
0
236
0
1,410
%
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.02
Public Health Hospital
2
1,253
1
1,151
3
946
1
1,060
7
4,410
%
0.02
0.09
0.01
0.07
0.02
0.06
0.01
0.07
0.02
0.07
Total
8,499
974,537
10,560
1,054,900
12,152
1,075,935
13,759
1,092,995
44,970
4,198,367
97.75
66.19
97.05
68.13
96.79
68.03
96.35
68.93
96.90
67.85
TM
Traditional Hospital
184
4,035
286
7,932
366
7,680
469
8,818
1,305
28,465
%
2.12
0.27
2.63
0.51
2.92
0.49
3.28
0.56
2.81
0.46
Traditional Clinic
12
493,842
35
485,603
37
497,972
52
483,833
136
1,961,250
%
0.14
33.54
0.32
31.36
0.29
31.49
0.36
30.51
0.29
31.69
Total
196
497,877
321
493,535
403
505,652
521
492,651
1,441
1,989,715
2.25
33.81
2.95
31.87
3.21
31.97
3.65
31.07
3.10
32.15
Total
8,695
1,472,414
10,881
1,548,435
12,555
1,581,587
14,280
1,585,646
46,411
6,188,082
%
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
with overlapping records were tallied as one patient (overlap was not allowed). H, hospitalization; O, outpatient; WM, Western medicine; TM, Korean traditional medicine.
