Utilization Status and Satisfaction with Medical Services in Nonresidential Foreign Medical Tourists Visiting a Korean Medicine Hospital
Table 2
Treatment details for foreign medical tourism patients visiting an integrative Korean medicine hospital.
Mean ± SD
(%)
Outpatient visits
Average number of visits
5.25 ± 7.15
1
691
39.87
2≤, ≤10
799
46.11
11≤, ≤20
183
10.56
21≤, ≤30
38
2.19
>30
22
1.27
Treatment
Lab test
1.12 ± 0.42
219
12.64
X-ray
1.69 ± 0.97
710
40.97
CT
1.2 ± 0.42
10
0.58
MRI
1.36 ± 0.89
374
21.58
Acupuncture
6.39 ± 7.87
1,267
73.11
Electroacupuncture
6.33 ± 5.89
642
37.05
Pharmacopuncture
6.4 ± 8.87
1,289
74.38
Bee venom pharmacopuncture
7.67 ± 5.41
21
1.21
Chuna manual therapy
6.41 ± 7.70
1,100
63.47
Herbal medicine (days of prescription)
35.42 ± 56.00
199
11.48
Cupping therapy
10.58 ± 12.43
447
25.79
Manipulation
5.7 ± 10.41
192
11.08
Simple physiotherapy
6.84 ± 6.06
358
20.66
Conventional medication
1.21 ± 0.66
140
8.08
Expenditure
Total expenses (Korean won)
2,262,123 ± 3,263,322
Expense per visit (Korean won)
457,596.2 ± 617,144.1
Hospitalization
Inpatients
35
2.02
Outpatients
1698
97.98
Days of hospitalization
15.63 ± 14.45
CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging. main herbal medicine prescribed was Chungpa-jun, of which the main herbal ingredients are Ostericum koreanum, Eucommia ulmoides, Acanthopanaxsessiliflorus, Achyranthes bidentata, Psoralea corylifolia, Peucedanum japonicum, Cibotium barometz, Lycium chinense, Boschniakia rossica, and Cuscuta chinensis.
