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Table 2 Number of outpatient cases and cost of outpatient medical services for the top 20 diseases treated with Traditional Korean Medicine a)

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

Disease Name (ICD codec))

Western medicine use

Traditional Korean medicine use

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)

Migraines and other headache syndromes (G43–G44)

939

80.3% (1.16)

18.8

79.8%

229

19.6% (1.16)

4.8

20.2%

1

0.1% (0.09)

0.01

0.0%

1,169

23.6

Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50–G59)

181

30.3% (1.88)

2.5

29.7%

410

68.7% (1.90)

5.9

70.1%

6

1.0% (0.41)

0.02

0.2%

597

8.5

Intracranial hemorrhage (I60–I62)

543

38.9% (1.30)

5.9

57.0%

828

59.3% (1.31)

4.0

38.6%

26

1.9% (0.36)

0.45

4.4%

1,397

10.3

Cerebral infarction (I63)

682

82.0% (1.30)

8.6

72.3%

147

17.7% (1.32)

3.3

27.6%

3

0.4% (0.21)

0.01

0.1%

832

11.8

Other diseases of the circulatory system (I85–I99)

596

50.3% (1.45)

5.0

36.0%

581

49.0% (1.45)

8.9

64.0%

8

0.7% (0.24)

0.01

0.1%

1,185

13.9

Other acute upper respiratory infections (J00–J01, J05–J06)

48,393

99.3% (0.04)

150.8

94.9%

300

0.6% (0.04)

7.3

4.6%

39

0.1% (0.01)

0.75

0.5%

48,732

158.8

Other diseases of the nose and nasal sinuses (J30–J31, J33–J34)

4,335

94.1% (0.35)

20.1

66.2%

267

5.8% (0.34)

10.2

33.5%

5

0.1% (0.05)

0.07

0.2%

4,607

30.3

Gastritis and duodenitis (K29)

3,603

96.5% (0.30)

31.3

92.0%

118

3.2% (0.29)

2.7

7.9%

11

0.3% (0.09)

0.04

0.1%

3,732

34.0

Other diseases of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum (K20–K23, K28, K30–K31)

1,813

91.7% (0.62)

19.4

75.9%

158

8.0% (0.61)

5.6

22.0%

6

0.3% (0.12)

0.55

2.1%

1,977

25.6

Other diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissues (L10–L99)

7,207

95.9% (0.23)

68.5

82.1%

302

4.0% (0.23)

14.9

17.9%

6

0.1% (0.03)

0.03

0.0%

7,515

83.4

Rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05–M14)

1,317

88.2% (0.83)

9.2

84.1%

175

11.7% (0.83)

1.7

15.9%

1

0.1% (0.07)

0.01

0.1%

1,493

10.9

Arthrosis (M15–M19)

11,227

84.0% (0.32)

59.6

77.8%

2,062

15.4% (0.31)

16.8

21.9%

76

0.6% (0.07)

0.23

0.3%

13,365

76.6

Other disorders of the joints (M00–M03, M22–M25)

830

74.2% (1.31)

7.5

70.9%

288

25.7% (1.31)

3.1

29.0%

1

0.1% (0.09)

0.00

0.0%

1,119

10.5

Cervical and other intervertebral disc disorders (M50–M51)

4,359

77.5% (0.56)

60.7

68.1%

1,254

22.3% (0.56)

28.4

31.8%

8

0.1% (0.05)

0.15

0.2%

5,621

89.3

Other dorsopathies (M40–M49, M53–M54)

9,514

74.2% (0.39)

64.3

66.4%

3,183

24.8% (0.38)

32.1

33.2%

127

1.0% (0.09)

0.36

0.4%

12,824

96.8

Soft tissue disorders (M60–M79)

7,664

66.7% (0.44)

52.1

61.6%

3,798

33.1% (0.44)

32.4

38.3%

23

0.2% (0.04)

0.12

0.1%

11,485

84.7

Dislocations, sprains and strains of specified and multiple body regions (S03, S13, S23, S33, S43, S53, S63, S73, S83, S93, T03)

3,328

72.3% (0.66)

29.4

73.1%

1,271

27.6% (0.66)

10.4

25.8%

6

0.1% (0.05)

0.46

1.2%

4,605

40.2

Other injuries of specified, unspecified and multiple body regions (S00–S01, S04, S09–S11, S14–S16, S19–S21, S24–S25, S29–S31, S34–S35, S39–S41, S44–S46, S49–S51, S54–S56, S59–S61, S64–S66, S69–S71, S74–S76,S79–S81, S84–S86, S89–S91, S94–S96,S99, T00–T01, T06–T07, T09, T11, T13–T14)

2,526

90.1% (0.56)

23.4

67.8%

135

4.8% (0.40)

1.3

3.9%

143

5.1% (0.42)

9.77

28.3%

2,804

34.5

Sequelae of injuries, poisoning and other consequences of external causes (T90–T98)

1,810

85.1% (0.77)

13.1

89.1%

310

14.6% (0.76)

1.4

9.7%

8

0.4% (0.13)

0.16

1.1%

2,128

14.7

the use for the invigorant

7

1.3% (0.47)

0.1

0.1%

547

98.6% (0.51)

96.7

99.7%

1

0.2% (0.18)

0.18

0.2%

555

97.0

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