J Korean Med Assoc.  2017 Nov;60(11):912-919. 10.5124/jkma.2017.60.11.912.

Analysis of the current status outpatient utilization of medical and Korean traditional medical institutions: focuse on outpatient frequent outpatient diseases

• Park YS
• Kim JS

• KMID: 2395598
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2017.60.11.912

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the current status of utilization of medical and Korean traditional medical institutions. In this study, we used a sample cohort database from the National Insurance Service and frequency analysis was performed. The major results are as follows. First, the majority of users of medical institutions were found to use medical facilities. However, patients with three musculoskeletal disorders and two disease of respiratory diseases showed higher utilization rates of Korean traditional medical institutions and a highter overlapping utilization rate than those with other diseases. Second, they also visited medical facilities more often and spent more on medical expenses than those who used only medical institutions. Therefore, there is a need for policies that directly or indirectly restrict the use of overlapping medical care for the same disease so that limited medical resources can be used efficiently.

Keyword

Medical; Korean traditional medical; Outpatients; Utilization; Disease

MeSH Terms

Cohort Studies
Humans
Insurance
Outpatients*

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