Table 4. High-frequency service codes for female patients.
| 2016 | 2018 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Total cases | Total patients | Total costs | Annual cost per case | Annual cost per patient | Total cases | Total patients | Total costs | Annual cost per case | Annual cost per patient |
| Examinations | 28,451 | 3,925 | $198,375.79 | $6.97 | $50.54 | 42,889 | 3,920 | $315,820.58 | $7.36 | $80.57 |
| Tests | 19,815 | 1,960 | $112,095.20 | $5.66 | $57.19 | 37,664 | 2,472 | $236,932.33 | $6.29 | $95.85 |
| Injections | 3,200 | 1,091 | $7,212.83 | $2.25 | $6.61 | 10,589 | 1,773 | $66,513.59 | $6.28 | $37.51 |
| KMa acupuncture and electroacupuncture | 3,015 | 149 | $11,888.87 | $3.94 | $79.79 | 4,389 | 185 | $17,783.17 | $4.05 | $96.13 |
| Medication/drug-related | 2,824 | 1,524 | $302.38 | $0.11 | $0.20 | 7,418 | 2,104 | $861.50 | $0.12 | $0.41 |
| KM other | 2,011 | 118 | $3,846.43 | $1.91 | $32.60 | 2,211 | 168 | $5,452.40 | $2.47 | $32.45 |
| Special equipment and diagnostic radiology | 1,406 | 1,147 | $87,339.61 | $62.12 | $76.15 | 7,508 | 1,859 | $290,598.79 | $38.71 | $156.32 |
| Treatment and surgery | 312 | 269 | $1,458.57 | $4.67 | $5.42 | 4,348 | 1,034 | $1,137,244.61 | $261.56 | $1,099.85 |
All expenses were converted with annual average exchange rate (KRW/USD), see S2 Table;
aKM = Korean medicine.