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Table 1 Patient characteristics and number and duration of treatment

From: Usage report of pharmacopuncture in musculoskeletal patients visiting Korean medicine hospitals and clinics in Korea

 

Inpatient (n = 33,415)

Outpatient (n = 373,755)

Male (n, (%))

15,043 (45)

178,384 (47.7)

Female (n, (%))

18,372 (55)

195,371 (52.3)

Age (mean ± SD, years)

45.6 ± 14.0

43.9 ± 15.4

Number of treatments

1.3 ± 0.8

7.5 ± 11.9

Treatment duration (mean ± SD, days)a

19.0 ± 12.5

 
  1. aTreatment duration in the ambulatory department is not shown as the calculation method is likely to overestimate duration