Table 3.
The proportion of prevalent 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 | 35.5 | 37.2 | 1.7*** | 26.1 | 28.3 | 2.1*** | 9.3 | 8.9 | -0.4*** |
| Episode type | |||||||||
| Medical | 33.9 | 35.7 | 1.8*** | 24.4 | 26.6 | 2.2*** | 9.5 | 9.1 | -0.4*** |
| Surgical | 46.5 | 46.3 | -0.2 | 38.4 | 38.5 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 7.7 | -0.4*** |
| Income | |||||||||
| Medical Aid | 17.8 | 20.5 | 2.7*** | 11.2 | 13.5 | 2.3*** | 6.6 | 7.0 | 0.4* |
| 1 (lowest) | 32.4 | 33.8 | 1.4*** | 22.5 | 24.9 | 2.4*** | 9.9 | 9.0 | -0.9*** |
| 2 | 32.6 | 34.1 | 1.5*** | 22.8 | 24.5 | 1.7*** | 9.8 | 9.6 | -0.2* |
| 3 | 35.4 | 37.5 | 2.1*** | 25.8 | 28.2 | 2.4*** | 9.6 | 9.3 | -0.3* |
| 4 | 39.6 | 40.6 | 1.0*** | 30.1 | 31.5 | 1.4*** | 9.5 | 9.1 | -0.4*** |
| 5 (highest) | 45.6 | 47.0 | 1.4*** | 36.5 | 38.5 | 2.0*** | 9.2 | 8.5 | -0.7*** |
| Missing | 35.3 | 39.7 | 4.4*** | 25.8 | 30.8 | 5.0*** | 9.5 | 8.9 | -0.6* |
| Residential area | |||||||||
| Seoul | 68.5 | 68.5 | 0.1 | 43.5 | 45.1 | 1.6*** | 24.9 | 23.4 | -1.5*** |
| Gyeonggi, Incheon | 38.4 | 39.0 | 0.6*** | 28.9 | 30.4 | 1.5*** | 9.5 | 8.6 | -0.9*** |
| Chungbuk | 38.4 | 44.5 | 6.1*** | 30.5 | 37.5 | 7.0*** | 7.9 | 6.9 | -1.0*** |
| The Chungnam area1 | 31.6 | 35.9 | 4.3*** | 26.0 | 30.5 | 4.5*** | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| Gangwon | 29.9 | 32.4 | 2.5*** | 24.8 | 27.0 | 2.2*** | 5.0 | 5.4 | 0.4* |
| Junbuk | 22.0 | 24.5 | 2.5*** | 18.4 | 20.8 | 2.4*** | 3.6 | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| The Junnam area2 | 18.8 | 20.6 | 1.8*** | 15.6 | 17.3 | 1.7*** | 3.2 | 3.3 | 0.1 |
| The Gyeongbuk area3 | 20.9 | 23.6 | 2.7*** | 17.6 | 20.3 | 2.7*** | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| The Gyeongnam area4 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 1.2*** | 13.6 | 14.7 | 1.1*** | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.1* |
| Jeju | 28.7 | 31.7 | 3.0*** | 24.5 | 27.1 | 2.6*** | 4.2 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
| Residential area type | |||||||||
| Urban | 38.7 | 40.2 | 1.5*** | 27.7 | 29.7 | 2.0*** | 11.0 | 10.5 | -0.5*** |
| Suburban | 33.0 | 34.8 | 1.8*** | 25.4 | 27.8 | 2.4*** | 7.6 | 7.0 | -0.6*** |
| Rural | 25.7 | 27.2 | 1.5*** | 20.5 | 22.3 | 1.8*** | 5.2 | 5.0 | -0.2* |
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.