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Table 2 Demographics of EHDs and types of medical institution that open EHD

From: Current status and future perspective of external herbal dispensaries preparing traditional herbal medicine in South Korea: the first National-Wide Survey results

Characteristics

P-EHD

H-EHD

No. of EHD

11 (100.0)

70 (100.0)

ā€ƒTKM clinics

9 (81.8)

46 (65.7)

ā€ƒNetwork TKM clinics

2 (18.2)

17 (24.3)

ā€ƒTKM hospital

ā€“

3 (4.3)

ā€ƒPublic health center

ā€“

2 (2.9)

ā€ƒGeneral hospital

ā€“

2 (2.9)

Location

ā€ƒSeoul

1 (9.1)

27 (38.6)

ā€ƒIncheon/Gyeonggi province

4 (36.4)

25 (35.7)

ā€ƒDaejeon/Sejong/Chungcheong province

ā€“

1 (1.4)

ā€ƒGangwon province

1 (9.1)

ā€“

ā€ƒGwangju/Jeolla province

1 (9.1)

1 (1.4)

ā€ƒDaegu/Gyeongbuk province

1 (9.1)

2 (2.9)

ā€ƒPusan/Gyeongnam province

3 (27.3)

14 (20.0)

Opening year

ā€ƒ2009

ā€“

13 (18.6)

ā€ƒ2010ā€“2012

1 (9.1)

18 (25.7)

ā€ƒ2013ā€“2015

5 (45.5)

21 (30.0)

ā€ƒ2016ā€“2017

5 (45.5)

18 (25.7)

Area of EHD (m2)

ā€ƒā€‰<ā€‰165

3 (27.3)

22 (31.4)

ā€ƒ165ā€“330

4 (36.4)

19 (27.1)

ā€ƒ330ā€“660

1 (9.1)

14 (20.0)

ā€ƒā€‰ā‰„ā€‰660

3 (27.3)

15 (21.4)

  1. EHD external herbal dispensary, P-EHD pharmacopuncture-EHD, H-EHD herbal medicine-EHD