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Table 1 Number of outpatient cases and cost of outpatient medical services by disease group a)

From: Disease-specific differences in the use of traditional Korean medicine in Korea

Disease group (ICD code)c

Western medicine

Traditional Korean medicine

Dental and other medical service use

Total

Number

Proportion of number (S.E.)

Costb)

Proportion of cost

Number

Proportion of number (S.E.)

Costb)

Proportion of cost

Number

Proportion of number (S.E.)

Costb)

Proportion of cost

Number

Costb)

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

3,094

99.0%

31.6

97.8%

24

0.7%

0.7

2.2%

7

0.2%

0.0

0.1%

3,124

32.3

 

(0.17)

   

(0.15)

   

(0.08)

    

Neoplasms (C00–D48)

3,108

98.6%

163.6

98.3%

30

1.0%

2.6

1.6%

13

0.4%

0.1

0.1%

3,151

166.4

 

(0.21)

   

(0.17)

   

(0.11)

    

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune system (D50–D89)

353

97.5%

3.5

71.7%

9

2.5%

1.4

28.3%

0

0.0%

0.0

0.0%

362

4.9

 

(0.82)

   

(0.82)

   

(0.00)

    

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E90)

8,204

98.6%

78.9

93.4%

91

1.1%

5.4

6.4%

25

0.3%

0.2

0.2%

8,320

84.5

 

(0.13)

   

(0.11)

   

(0.06)

    

Mental and behavioral disorders (F00–F99)

3,080

94.2%

48.6

89.6%

163

5.0%

5.2

9.6%

26

0.8%

0.5

0.8%

3,269

54.2

 

(0.41)

   

(0.38)

   

(0.16)

    

Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99)

2,465

74.5%

42.3

72.6%

830

25.1%

15.9

27.3%

15

0.5%

0.1

0.1%

3,310

58.2

 

(0.76)

   

(0.75)

   

(0.12)

    

Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00–H59)

7,625

99.1%

93.5

98.7%

64

0.8%

1.2

1.3%

5

0.1%

0.0

0.1%

7,694

94.8

 

(0.11)

   

(0.10)

   

(0.03)

    

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60–H95)

2,790

98.1%

19.6

93.4%

52

1.8%

1.4

6.6%

1

0.1%

0.0

0.1%

2,843

21.0

 

(0.25)

   

(0.25)

   

(0.04)

    

Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)

25,543

93.2%

159.4

88.6%

1,696

6.2%

19.5

10.9%

174

0.6%

0.9

0.5%

27,413

179.8

 

(0.15)

   

(0.15)

   

(0.05)

    

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99)

58,716

98.7%

207.9

89.4%

736

1.2%

21.8

9.4%

63

0.1%

2.8

1.2%

59,515

232.5

 

(0.05)

   

(0.05)

   

(0.01)

    

Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93)

10,301

43.3%

175.2

12.2%

437

1.8%

13.1

0.9%

13,080

54.9%

1,243.0

86.8%

23,818

1,431.3

 

(0.32)

   

(0.09)

   

(0.32)

    

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissues (L00–L99)

7,670

96.1%

72.4

81.6%

305

3.8%

14.9

16.8%

7

0.1%

1.4

1.6%

7,982

88.7

 

(0.22)

   

(0.21)

   

(0.03)

    

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissues (M00–M99)

37,460

77.1%

279.6

69.9%

10,909

22.4%

119.6

29.9%

237

0.5%

0.9

0.2%

48,606

400.2

 

(0.19)

   

(0.19)

   

(0.03)

    

Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99)

7,145

91.4%

122.2

88.7%

191

2.4%

11.1

8.0%

485

6.2%

4.5

3.2%

7,821

137.7

 

(0.32)

   

(0.17)

   

(0.27)

   

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00–O99)

199

94.8%

8.0

96.0%

11

5.2%

0.3

4.0%

0

0.0%

0.0

0.0%

210

8.3

 

(1.54)

   

(1.54)

   

(0.00)

    

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00–P96)

54

100.0%

1.8

100.0%

0

0.0%

0.0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0.0

0.0%

54

1.8

 

(0.00)

   

(0.00)

   

(0.00)

    

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00–Q99)

77

100.0%

3.0

100.0%

0

0.0%

0.0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0.0

0.0%

77

3.0

 

(0.00)

   

(0.00)

   

(0.00)

    

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)

2,518

86.0%

45.4

65.2%

407

13.9%

24.2

34.8%

3

0.1%

0.0

0.1%

2,928

69.6

 

(0.64)

   

(0.64)

   

(0.06)

    

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98)

11,159

84.5%

100.5

77.1%

1,821

13.8%

14.3

10.9%

225

1.7%

15.6

12.0%

13,205

130.4

 

(0.31)

   

(0.30)

   

(0.11)

    

External causes of morbidity and mortality and other

12,549

86.5%

482.4

72.7%

723

5.0%

110.0

16.6%

1,228

8.5%

71.4

10.8%

14,500

663.8

 

(0.28)

   

(0.18)

   

(0.23)

    

Total

204,110

85.7%

2,139.3

55.4%

18,498

7.8%

382.7

9.9%

15,594

6.5%

1,341.4

34.7%

238,202

3,863.4

 

(0.07)

   

(0.05)

   

(0.05)

    
  1. a)Values from the 2008 Korean Health Panel; b)Units: thousand US dollars; c)ICD code: international classification of diseases code.