Table 2.
The proportion of incident episodes occurring at tertiary hospitals in Seoul before and after the benefit expansion policy
| All tertiary hospitals |
Five largest hospitals |
The other tertiary hospitals |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before |
After |
Diff (%p) | Before |
After |
Diff (%p) | Before |
After |
Diff (%p) | |
| 2011-2013 | 2014-2016 | 2011-2013 | 2014-2016 | 2011-2013 | 2014-2016 | ||||
| Total | 32.9 | 34.9 | 2.0*** | 23.6 | 25.8 | 2.2*** | 9.3 | 9.1 | -0.2 |
| Episode type | |||||||||
| Medical | 31.1 | 33.6 | 2.5*** | 21.8 | 24.3 | 2.5*** | 9.2 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| Surgical | 36.7 | 37.6 | 0.9*** | 27.3 | 28.8 | 1.5*** | 9.4 | 8.7 | -0.7*** |
| Income | |||||||||
| Medical Aid | 13.7 | 15.6 | 1.9*** | 8.3 | 9.5 | 1.2*** | 5.3 | 6.1 | 0.8*** |
| 1 (lowest) | 28.9 | 31.1 | 2.2*** | 19.5 | 21.9 | 2.4*** | 9.4 | 9.2 | -0.2* |
| 2 | 29.7 | 31.2 | 1.5*** | 20.4 | 22.1 | 1.7*** | 9.2 | 9.1 | -0.2 |
| 3 | 32.8 | 34.7 | 1.9*** | 23.3 | 25.3 | 2.0*** | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 37.2 | 39.1 | 1.9*** | 27.4 | 29.7 | 2.3*** | 9.8 | 9.4 | -0.4*** |
| 5 (highest) | 42.3 | 44.2 | 1.9*** | 32.6 | 35.1 | 2.5*** | 9.7 | 9.1 | -0.6*** |
| Missing | 32.6 | 36.1 | 3.5*** | 24.3 | 27.7 | 3.4*** | 8.3 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| Residential area | |||||||||
| Seoul | 65.3 | 66.2 | 0.9*** | 39.6 | 41.2 | 1.6*** | 25.6 | 25.0 | -0.6*** |
| Gyeonggi, Incheon | 32.4 | 33.4 | 1.0*** | 23.5 | 25.2 | 1.7*** | 8.9 | 8.2 | -0.7*** |
| Chungbuk | 37.0 | 40.4 | 3.4*** | 30.2 | 33.6 | 3.4*** | 6.9 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| The Chungnam area1 | 29.0 | 33.9 | 4.9*** | 23.8 | 28.5 | 4.7*** | 5.3 | 5.5 | 0.2* |
| Gangwon | 29.3 | 32.0 | 2.7*** | 23.9 | 26.4 | 2.5*** | 5.5 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
| Junbuk | 20.6 | 23.4 | 2.8*** | 16.9 | 20.1 | 3.2*** | 3.7 | 3.3 | -0.3*** |
| The Junnam area2 | 18.3 | 20.5 | 2.2*** | 15.0 | 17.4 | 2.4*** | 3.3 | 3.0 | -0.3*** |
| The Gyeongbuk area3 | 19.8 | 21.7 | 1.9*** | 16.8 | 18.7 | 1.9*** | 3.0 | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| The Gyeongnam area4 | 15.9 | 17.3 | 1.4*** | 13.7 | 15.1 | 1.4*** | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.0* |
| Jeju | 29.7 | 33.9 | 4.2*** | 24.7 | 29.0 | 4.3*** | 5.0 | 4.9 | -0.2 |
| Residential area type | |||||||||
| Urban | 35.8 | 37.8 | 2.0*** | 24.7 | 26.9 | 2.2*** | 11.1 | 10.9 | -0.2*** |
| Suburban | 30.3 | 32.3 | 2.0*** | 23.2 | 25.4 | 2.2*** | 7.1 | 6.8 | -0.3*** |
| Rural | 24.2 | 25.5 | 1.3*** | 19.1 | 20.9 | 1.8*** | 5.1 | 4.6 | -0.5*** |
Values are presented as %.
Diff, difference.
1
Daejeon, Sejeong, Chungnam.
2
Gwangju, Jeonnam.
3
Daegu, Gyeongbuk.
4
Busan, Ulsan, Gyeongnam.
*
p<0.05,
***
p<0.001.