Table 5.

Number of claims and total medical cost per 100,000 population and mean copayment per each visit in the Republic of Korea from 2012 to 2016

Service	Sex	Item	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Change ratec
Inpatient	Male	Number of claims	990	1,086	1,260	1,217	1,266	27.9%
		Total cost of medical care servicea	$933,304	$957,539	$976,210	$998,868	$1,086,929	16.5%
		Mean copayment per visitb	$221.70	$206.37	$181.38	$190.61	$199.01	-10.2%
	Female	Number of claims	1,359	1,453	1,657	1,634	1,717	26.3%
		Total cost of medical care servicea	$1,280,500	$1,298,574	$1,324,041	$1,358,381	$1,495,316	16.8%
		Mean copayment per visitb	$224.70	$212.49	$190.28	$196.26	$204.89	-8.8%
	Both	Annual cost per one patient	$1,299.2	$1,227.3	$1,075.1	$1,135.2	$1,181.2	-9.1%
Outpatient	Male	Number of claims	77,779	79,041	81,247	80,584	83,251	7.0%
		Total cost of medical care servicea	$1,708,471	$1,825,329	$1,997,184	$2,110,039	$2,260,911	32.3%
		Mean copayment per visitb	$6.48	$6.80	$7.17	$7.72	$8.05	24.2%
	Female	Number of claims	136,559	134,958	137,961	133,566	137,206	0.5%
		Total cost of medical care servicea	$2,681,180	$2,775,211	3,007,798	$3,101,778	$3,309,188	23.4%
		Mean copayment per visitb	$5.66	$5.91	$6.22	$6.75	$7.08	25.1%
	Both	Annual cost per one patient	$145.2	$150.9	$159.5	$166.2	$171.7	18.3%
Total		Number of claims	108,240	108,190	110,981	108,419	111,645	3.1%
		Total cost of medical care servicea	$3,299,428	$3,426,512	$3,650,696	$3,782,456	$4,074,150	23.5%
		Mean copayment per visitb	$8.32	$8.63	$8.94	$9.57	$10.05	20.9%

The standard unit of cost is United States dollars, and the table in terms of Korean won (₩) is in the appendix Table 1.

^aSum of payment by both insurer and beneficiary excluding unpaid items designated by insurer and pharmacy preparation costs by pharmaceutical prescriptions.

^bCopayment, a payment made by a beneficiary at each visit in addition to that made by an insurer.

^cChange rate, a rate over 5 years from 2012 to 2016.