Analysis of the Adequacy of Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Use of Patients Who Visited Emergency Departments in Korea from 2016 to 2018: Data from the National Emergency Department Information System

Table 1

KTAS input rate by type of emergency medical centers.

	Type of emergency medical centers	Total	KTAS input n (%)
2016		9,127,979	5,558,617 (60.90)
	Regional centers	1,632,334	1,631,507 (99.95)
	Local centers	3,972,954	3,886,210 (97.82)
	Local institutions	3,522,691	40,900 (1.16)
2017		9,089,055	6,016,105 (66.19)
	Regional centers	1,800,371	1,800,347 (100.00)
	Local centers	3,791,033	3,757,485 (99.12)
	Local institutions	3,497,651	458,273 (13.10)
2018		9,266,269	6,763,970 (73.00)
	Regional centers	1,885,537	1,885,343 (99.99)
	Local centers	3,909,256	3,909,124 (100.00)
	Local institutions	3,471,476	969,503 (27.93)
Total		27,483,303	18,338,692 (66.73)

KTAS: Korean Triage and Acuity Scale.