Table 1.
General medical service use for adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder, rotator cuff syndrome and shoulder impingement syndrome in Korea
| Visit type | Disorder groups | Patients (n) | Total expense* | Per-patient expense* | Days of treatment† | Visits (n)‡ |
| Total | ACS | 10 447 | 1 817 540 220 (1 588 758.9) |
173 977.2 (152.1) |
6.3 | 5.7 |
| RCS | 9689 | 4 147 531 010 (3 625 464.2) |
428 066.0 (374.2) |
8.4 | 6.1 | |
| SIS | 7328 | 1 621 638 960 (1 417 516.6) |
221 293.5 (193.4) |
5.8 | 4.6 | |
| Outpatient | ACS | 10 336 | 1 415 669 040 (1 237 472.9) |
136 964.9 (119.7) |
5.7 | 5.4 |
| RCS | 9387 | 1 144 119 540 (1 000 104.5) |
121 883.4 (106.5) |
5.4 | 4.7 | |
| SIS | 7135 | 714 434 250 (624 505.5) |
100 130.9 (87.5) |
4.2 | 3.9 | |
| Inpatient | ACS | 464 | 401 871 180 (351 286.0) |
866 101.7 (757.1) |
15.2 | 6.6 |
| RCS | 1432 | 3 003 411 470 (2 625 359.7) |
2 097 354.4 (1833.4) |
21.4 | 10.7 | |
| SIS | 695 | 907 204 710 (793 011.1) |
1 305 330.5 (1141.0) |
17.5 | 8.5 |
*Displayed in KRW; US$1=1144 KRW (as of October 31, 2016); approximate US$ equivalents are given beneath in parentheses.
†Total days of treatment per patient as indicated in the claims statement, which includes drug prescription days without medical treatment.
‡Total number of visits or number of hospitalised days per patient as indicated in the claims statement.
ACS, adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder; RCS, rotator cuff syndrome; SIS, shoulder impingement syndrome.