An economic analysis of usual care and acupuncture collaborative treatment on chronic low back pain: A Markov model decision analysis

Table 1 Definitions of procedures and medical costs (KRW in 2009) 24

Procedure	First visit		Regular visit for diagnosis and treatment		Simple regular visit for treatment
	Treatment	Cost	Treatment	Cost	Treatment	Cost
Usual Care	First medical examination	14,730	Recursive medical examination	11,080	Hospital management fee	3,110
	Diagnostic testing	18,648	Diagnostic testing	7,510	Physical treatment	7,439
	Pharmacy cost	7,510	Pharmacy cost	5,650
	Drug cost	5,650	Drug cost	7,439
	Physical therapy	7,439	Physical therapy	31,685
Frequency	1 time	53,983	6 times	31,685	3 times	10,549
Direct medical costs for usual care during 3 months in the chronic LBP state.					275,740
Usual Care and Acupuncture Collaborative Treatment	First medical examination	14,730	Recursive medical examination	11,080	Hospital management fee	3,110
	First oriental medical examination	9,980	Recursive oriental medical examination	6,300	Physical treatment	6,300
	Collaborative examination	4,120	Collaborative examination	4,210	General acupuncture	7,439
	Pharmacy cost	7,510	Pharmacy cost	7,510	Special spine acupuncture	4,212
	Drug cost	5,650	Drug cost	5,650		3,816
	Physical therapy	7,439	Physical therapy	7,439
	General acupuncture	4,212	General acupuncture	4,212
	Special spine acupuncture	3,816	Special spine acupuncture	3,816
Frequency	1 time	57,463	6 times	50,223	3 times	24,877
Direct medical costs for collaboration during 3 months in the chronic LBP state.					433,434

Pharmacy cost: pharmacy management (14 days) + prescription cost + medication teaching cost + pharmaceutical cost Physical treatment: Hot pack, TENS, traction

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