Table 3. The admission routes and regional distribution.

	Total	Tertiary hospital	General hospital	Hospital
Total	15,432 (100)	1,673 (10.8)	8,803 (57.1)	4,956 (32.1)
Admission route
Outpatient
GW	9,542 (61.8)	607 (3.9)	5,140 (33.3)	3,795 (24.6)
ICU	251 (1.6)	10 (0.1)	159 (1.0)	82 (0.5)
ER
GW	4,473 (29)	889 (5.8)	2,652 (17.2)	932 (6.0)
ICU	1,166 (7.6)	167 (1.1)	852 (5.5)	147 (1.0)
Region
Seoul	1,803 (11.7)	602 (3.9)	980 (6.4)	221 (1.4)
Busan	961 (6.2)	134 (0.9)	583 (3.8)	244 (1.6)
Incheon	659 (4.3)	156 (1.0)	450 (2.9)	53 (0.3)
Daegu	898 (5.8)	177 (1.1)	277 (1.8)	444 (2.9)
Gwangju	872 (5.7)	46 (0.3)	655 (4.2)	171 (1.1)
Daejeon	420 (2.7)	43 (0.3)	342 (2.2)	35 (0.2)
Ulsan	272 (1.8)	23 (0.1)	119 (0.8)	130 (0.8)
Gyeonggi	2,583 (16.7)	266 (1.7)	1,659 (10.8)	658 (4.3)
Gangwon	715 (4.6)	26 (0.2)	454 (2.9)	235 (1.5)
Chungbuk	477 (3.1)	25 (0.2)	305 (2.0)	147 (1.0)
Chungnam	781 (5.1)	88 (0.6)	370 (2.4)	323 (2.1)
Jeonbuk	886 (5.7)	31 (0.2)	381 (2.5)	474 (3.1)
Jeonnam	1,185 (7.7)	0 (0)	620 (4.0)	565 (3.7)
Gyeongbuk	902 (5.8)	0 (0)	567 (3.7)	335 (2.2)
Gyeongnam	1,676 (10.9)	56 (0.4)	726 (4.7)	894 (5.8)
Jeju	330 (2.1)	0 (0)	315 (2.0)	15 (0.1)
Sejong	12 (0.1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	12 (0.1)

Values are presented as number (%).

GW: general ward; ICU: intensive care unit; ER: emergency room.