Research Article
Integrative Medicine for Postoperative Patients: A Survey of Korean Medicine Doctors
Table 1
Demographics of 487 KMD respondents and all KMD in 2014.
| | | Respondents | Total KMD in 2014 |
| | Sex (%) | | | | Male | 397 (82) | | | Female | 90 (19) | | | Total | 487 (100) | 22,074 (100) | | Mean age (SD, 95% CI), years | 41.8 (8.7, 41.0–42.6) | | | Working institute (%) | | | | Community health center | 8 (1.6) | 917 (4.2) | | KM clinic | 348 (71.5) | 14,798 (67) | | KM hospital | 87 (17.9) | 1446 (6.6) | | Hospital | 3 (0.6) | 1774 (8) | | General hospital | 7 (1.4) | 25 (0.1) | | Long-term care hospital | 26 (5.3) | 1217 (5.5) | | Institution and research center | 4 (0.8) | | | Others | 4 (0.8) | 1897 (8.6) | | Total | 487 (100) | 22,074 (100) | | Mean clinical experiences (SD), years | 14.4 (7.9) | | | Major (%) | | | | Nonspecialist | 331 (68) | 19,602 (79.8) | | KM internal | 50 (10) | 919 (3.7) | | Gynecology | 17 (3.5) | 208 (0.9) | | Pediatrics | 5 (1) | 91 (0.4) | | Ophthalmology/ENT/dermatology | 12 (2.5) | 140 (0.6) | | Sasang | 4 (0.8) | 134 (0.5) | | Rehabilitation | 25 (5) | 326 (1.3) | | Psychology | 5 (1) | 148 (0.6) | | Acupuncture | 37 (7.6) | 506 (2) | | Others | 1 (0.2) | 2472 (10) | | Total | 487 (100) | | | Final education (%) | | | | Bachelor’s degree | 189 (38.8) | | | Master’s degree | 101 (20.7) | | | Ph.D. | 196 (40.3) | | | Others | 1 (0.2) | | | Total | 487 (100) | | | Dual certification (%) | | | | Yes | 4 (0.8) | 247 (1.0) | | No | 483 (99.2) | 21,827 (99.0) | | Total | 487 (100) | 22,074 (100) | | Mean number of patients seen per week (%) | | | | Less than 50 | 69 (14.2) | | | 50–99 | 90 (18.5) | | | 100–199 | 186 (38.2) | | | 200–299 | 95 (19.5) | | | 300–399 | 31 (6.3) | | | 400–499 | 7 (1.4) | | | More than 500 | 6 (1.2) | | | N/A | 3 (0.6) | | | Total | 487 (100) | |
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