| | | Total (n = 100) | Back pain (n = 82) | Other sites of pain (n = 18) |
| | Diagnostic imaging | | Radiology | No. of patients, n (%) | 52 (52.0) | 43 (52.4) | 9 (50.0) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 3.2 (3.0) | 3.0 (2.9) | 4.4 (3.5) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 39.2 (38.1) | 37.9 (40.5) | 45.3 (25.1) | | Computed tomography | No. of patients, n (%) | 14 (14.0) | 11 (13.4) | 3 (16.7) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 1.2 (0.6) | 1.27 (0.6) | 1.0 (0.0) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 186.4 (76.4) | 196.4 (81.2) | 150.0 (50.0) | | Magnetic resonance imaging | No. of patients, n (%) | 68 (68.0) | 60 (73.2) | 8 (44.4) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 1.6 (1.1) | 1.7 (1.1) | 1.5 (0.8) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 725.7 (542.7) | 721.9 (563.6) | 753.8 (379.1) | | Ultrasound imaging | No. of patients, n (%) | 3 (3.0) | 2 (2.4) | 1 (5.6) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 1.0 (0.0) | 1.0 (0.0) | 1.00 (-) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 46.7 (20.8) | 55.0 (21.2) | 30.00 (-) |
| | Conventional interventions | | Medications | No. of patients, n (%) | 57 (57.0) | 44 (54.3) | 13 (72.2) | | Treatment duration (day), mean (SD) | 126.4 (351.7) | 141.5 (396.3) | 75.4 (104.4) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 547.8 (1810.8) | 668.5 (2048.8) | 139.3 (161.5) | | Physical therapies | No. of patients, n (%) | 46 (46.0) | 38 (46.3) | 8 (44.4) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 58.7 (104.6) | 63.0 (113.2) | 38.6 (45.2) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 422.0 (1,033.6) | 431.6 (1,096.5) | 377.5 (727.2) | | Manual therapies | No. of patients, n (%) | 25 (25.0) | 18 (22.0) | 7 (38.9) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 21.7 (39.7) | 24.3 (46.4) | 14.9 (11.2) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 1,784.6 (4,040.2) | 2,219.7 (4,716.1) | 665.7 (495.5) | | Injections covered under insurance | No. of patients, n (%) | 39 (39.0) | 31 (37.8) | 8 (44.4) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 5.3 (9.7) | 3.2 (2.9) | 13.5 (19.4) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 240.0 (286.3) | 217.6 (306.2) | 326.9 (179.9) | | Minimally invasive surgical treatments | No. of patients, n (%) | 6 (6.0) | 3 (3.7) | 3 (16.7) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 2.8 (1.5) | 2.67 (1.2) | 3.0 (2.0) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 5,783.3 (2,958.7) | 7,666.7 (2,081.7) | 3,900.0 (2,628.7) | | Resurgeries | No. of patients, n (%) | 23 (23.0) | 21 (25.6) | 2 (11.1) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 1.3 (0.6) | 1.3 (0.6) | 1.0 (0.0) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 4,543.2 (4,021.9) | 4,732.5 (4,162.2) | 2,650.0 (1,626.3) |
| | Korean medicine interventions | | Acupuncture | No. of patients, n (%) | 52 (52.0) | 46 (56.1) | 6 (33.3) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 114.2 (422.3) | 127.4 (447.9) | 13.5 (8.6) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 627.0 (2,576.4) | 698.3 (2,734.5) | 36.5 (79.8) | | Pharmacopuncture | No. of patients, n (%) | 32 (32.0) | 27 (32.9) | 5 (27.8) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 35.8 (60.4) | 41.2 (64.5) | 6.8 (3.1) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 776.4 (1,673.3) | 907.5 (1,795.5) | 68.0 (31.1) | | Herbal decoctions | No. of patients, n (%) | 18 (18.0) | 17 (20.7) | 1 (5.6) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 88.2 (88.8) | 92.5 (89.6) | 15.0 (-) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 1,880.0 (2,180.1) | 1,973.0 (2,210.1) | 300.0 (-) | | Cupping | No. of patients, n (%) | 38 (38.0) | 33 (40.2) | 5 (27.8) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 136.7 (492.7) | 156.0 (527.1) | 9.2 (1.8) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 535.6 (2,140.4) | 610.3 (2,292.0) | 42.8 (14.8) | | Moxibustion | No. of patients, n (%) | 8 (8.0) | 7 (8.5) | 1 (5.6) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 57.1 (69.1) | 63.9 (71.7) | 10.0 (-) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 137.7 (175.1) | 156.0 (180.8) | 10.0 (-) | | Chuna manual therapies | No. of patients, n (%) | 14 (14.0) | 13 (15.9) | 1 (5.6) | | No. of treatments, mean (SD) | 38.1 (53.2) | 40.9 (54.4) | 3.0 (-) | | Treatment cost (Korean Won/1,000), mean (SD) | 1,218.9 (1,668.9) | 1,305.8 (1,703.8) | 90.0 (-) |
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