Use of Western Medicine and Traditional Korean Medicine for Joint Disorders: A Retrospective Comparative Analysis Based on Korean Nationwide Insurance Data

Table 9

Comparison of lesion frequency by type of medical practice in 2011–2014.

Class	Year	Type	Knee lesions [M17]			Shoulder lesions [M75]			Wrist and hand level [S63]			Ankle and foot level [S93]
					%			%			%			%
H	2011	WM		5,024	97.97		2,399	98.36		216	97.74		860	94.82
		TM		104	2.03		40	1.64		5	2.26		47	5.18
		Total		5,128	100.00		2,439	100.00		221	100.00		907	100.00
	2012	WM	25.72	6,316	96.74	27.97	3,070	97.90	−5.56	204	97.61	12.79	970	96.33
		TM	104.81	213	3.26	65.00	66	2.10	0.00	5	2.39	−21.28	37	3.67
		Total	27.32	6,529	100.00	28.58	3,136	100.00	−5.43	209	100.00	11.03	1,007	100.00
	2013	WM	41.04	7,086	96.45	53.61	3,685	98.03	21.76	263	98.50	30.00	1,118	94.59
		TM	150.96	261	3.55	85.00	74	1.97	−20.00	4	1.50	36.17	64	5.41
		Total	43.27	7,347	100.00	54.12	3,759	100.00	20.81	267	100.00	30.32	1,182	100.00
	2014	WM	58.04	7,940	95.62	77.99	4,270	98.12	17.13	253	98.44	50.70	1,296	94.81
		TM	250.00	364	4.38	105.00	82	1.88	−20.00	4	1.56	51.06	71	5.19
		Total	61.93	8,304	100.00	78.43	4,352	100.00	16.29	257	100.00	50.72	1,367	100.00
O	2011	WM		508,830	79.13		258,936	58.24		83,624	61.16		123,147	49.65
		TM		134,181	20.87		185,699	41.76		53,106	38.84		124,891	50.35
		Total		643,011	100.00		444,635	100.00		136,730	100.00		248,038	100.00
	2012	WM	5.41	536,381	79.33	14.91	297,536	63.60	5.76	88,439	61.49	7.63	132,544	50.85
		TM	4.18	139,790	20.67	−8.31	170,259	36.40	4.31	55,394	38.51	2.56	128,092	49.15
		Total	5.16	676,171	100.00	5.21	467,795	100.00	5.19	143,833	100.00	5.08	260,636	100.00
	2013	WM	7.14	545,161	78.94	17.50	304,245	64.47	7.08	89,546	59.56	11.24	136,983	50.96
		TM	8.37	145,411	21.06	−9.73	167,639	35.53	14.49	60,801	40.44	5.53	131,801	49.04
		Total	7.40	690,572	100.00	6.13	471,884	100.00	9.96	150,347	100.00	8.36	268,784	100.00
	2014	WM	9.18	555,535	79.63	17.99	305,510	65.84	9.83	91,843	60.39	13.77	140,107	51.52
		TM	5.90	142,092	20.37	−16.45	155,153	0.72	13.46	60,252	39.61	5.55	131,824	48.48
		Total	8.49	697,627	100.00	4.35	463,993	100.00	11.24	152,095	100.00	9.63	271,931	100.00

with overlapping records were tallied as one patient (overlap was not allowed). rate compared to 2011. H, hospitalization; O, outpatient; WM, Western medicine; TM, traditional Korean medicine.