Use of Western Medicine and Traditional Korean Medicine for Joint Disorders: A Retrospective Comparative Analysis Based on Korean Nationwide Insurance Data
Table 8
Comparison of subgroup related to type of medicine.
Type
Hospital type
Doctors’ fees
Admission costs
Medication costs
Procedural costs
Anesthesia costs
Psychotherapy costs
Psychiatric costs
Injection costs/procedural costs
Laboratory costs
Radiotherapy costs
Total
TM
Tertiary Hospital
(11.96)
(2.36)
(6.43)
(7.60)
(2.34)
(3.56)
(.01)
(15.63)
(30.35)
(19.76)
(100)
General Hospital
(17.14)
(2.52)
(9.43)
(6.95)
(1.87)
(8.68)
(.01)
(15.35)
(21.44)
(16.61)
(100)
Hospital
(17.52)
(2.44)
(5.93)
(6.24)
(2.56)
(14.34)
(.00)
(17.23)
(19.82)
(13.94)
(100)
Long-term care hospital
(23.67)
(3.96)
(3.39)
(.76)
(.87)
(17.46)
(.00)
(44.73)
(1.85)
(3.31)
(100)
Western Clinic
(31.99)
(.18)
(1.29)
(2.58)
(3.54)
(35.12)
(.00)
(16.82)
(1.98)
(6.50)
(100)
Dental Hospital
(17.57)
(.00)
(.42)
(.00)
(.00)
(.00)
(.00)
(82.01)
(.00)
(.00)
(100)
Public Health Center
(.00)
(.00)
(.08)
(1.48)
(.00)
(96.83)
(.00)
(.35)
(1.21)
(.03)
(100)
Local Public Health Clinic
(.00)
(.00)
(49.13)
(.34)
(.00)
(47.29)
(.00)
(2.68)
(.55)
(.00)
(100)
Public Health Hospital
(35.19)
(.20)
(4.47)
(2.06)
(.16)
(18.89)
(.00)
(29.61)
(2.62)
(6.79)
(100)
WM
Traditional Hospital
(17.99)
(3.57)
(2.61)
(.08)
(.46)
(1.44)
(.00)
(68.04)
(4.17)
(1.64)
(100)
Traditional Clinic
(21.61)
(.01)
(6.44)
(.00)
(.09)
(.00)
(.00)
(71.86)
(.00)
(.00)
(100)
Total
(25.94)
(.59)
(3.89)
(2.52)
(2.25)
(20.08)
(.00)
(33.67)
(4.95)
(6.10)
(100)
WM, Western medicine; TM, Korean traditional medicine.
