Table 3.
Distribution of medical expenses in adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder, rotator cuff syndrome and shoulder impingement syndrome
| Classification | ACS | RCS | SIS | ||||||||||||
| n | % | Total cost* | % | Cost per case* | n | % | Total cost* | % | Cost per case* | n | % | Total cost* | % | Cost per case* | |
| Procedure/surgery | 675 | 6.46 | 136 465 846 (119 288.3) |
7.47 | 202 172 (176.7) |
1413 | 14.58 | 1 564 836 881 (1 367 864.4) |
37.77 | 1 107 457 (968.1) |
682 | 9.31 | 377 063 209 (329 600.7) |
23.22 | 552 879 (483.3) |
| Hospitalisation | 455 | 4.36 | 114 823 033 (100 369.8) |
6.29 | 252 358 (220.6) |
1430 | 14.76 | 638 096 201 (557 776.4) |
15.40 | 446 221 (390.1) |
693 | 9.46 | 227 699 184 (199 037.7) |
14.02 | 328 570 (287.2) |
| Visit (consultation) | 10 440 | 99.93 | 589 812 205 (515 570.1) |
32.30 | 56 495 (49.4) |
9675 | 99.86 | 478 580 607 (418 339.7) |
11.55 | 49 466 (43.2) |
7323 | 99.93 | 306 608 403 (268 014.3) |
18.88 | 41 869 (36.6) |
| Anaesthesia | 3403 | 32.57 | 255 121 953 (223 008.7) |
13.97 | 74 970 (65.5) |
3285 | 33.90 | 377 973 595 (330 396.5) |
9.12 | 115 060 (100.6) |
1885 | 25.72 | 156 638 479 (136 921.7) |
9.65 | 83 097 (72.6) |
| Injection | 7282 | 69.70 | 209 291 146 (182 946.8) |
11.46 | 28 741 (25.1) |
5794 | 59.80 | 287 469 148 (251 284.2) |
6.94 | 49 615 (43.4) |
4159 | 56.75 | 139 571 789 (122 003.3) |
8.60 | 33 559 (29.3) |
| Examination | 1287 | 12.32 | 67 690 217 (59 169.8) |
3.71 | 52 595 (46.0) |
2112 | 21.80 | 254 326 395 (222 313.3) |
6.14 | 1 20 420 (105.3) |
1210 | 16.51 | 112 296 357 (98 161.2) |
6.92 | 92 807 (81.1) |
| Radiographic evaluation/intervention | 9051 | 86.64 | 184 672 970 (161 427.4) |
10.11 | 20 404 (17.8) |
8745 | 90.26 | 233 913 993 (204 470.3) |
5.65 | 26 748 (23.4) |
6632 | 90.50 | 150 304 187 (131 384.8) |
9.26 | 22 663 (19.8) |
| Physiotherapy | 6455 | 61.79 | 248 881 906 (217 554.1) |
13.63 | 38 556 (33.7) |
5205 | 53.72 | 230 160 138 (201 188.9) |
5.56 | 44 219 (38.7) |
3844 | 52.46 | 124 154 140 (108 526.3) |
7.65 | 32 298 (28.2) |
| Medication | 1123 | 10.75 | 19 056 208 (16 657.5) |
1.04 | 16 969 (14.8) |
1805 | 18.63 | 77 297 308 (67 567.6) |
1.87 | 42 824 (37.4) |
931 | 12.70 | 29 484 743 (25 773.4) |
1.82 | 31 670 (27.7) |
| Psychotherapy | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 0.07 | 158 388 (138.5) |
0.00 | 22 626.9 (19.8) |
– | – | – | – | – |
*Displayed in KRW; US$1=1144 KRW (as of October 31st, 2016); approximate US$ equivalents are given beneath in parentheses.
ACS, adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder; RCS, rotator cuff syndrome; SIS, shoulder impingement syndrome.