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. 2023 Nov 30;18(11):e0294903. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294903

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.