Table 5.
Colonoscopy Burden of HVFs over the 12-Year Period in Korea
| Year | Primary facility | Secondary facility | Tertiary facility | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total facility | HVF | Total CS volume | CS by HVF | Total facility | HVF | Total CS volume | CS by HVF | Total facility | HVF | Total CS volume | CS by HVF | |
| 2002 | 741 | 138 (18.6) | 97,302 | 65,532 (67.3) | 213 | 78 (36.6) | 89,074 | 81,441 (91.4) | 41 | 38 (92.7) | 77,969 | 77,607 (99.5) |
| 2003 | 941 | 241 (25.6) | 173,580 | 128,733 (74.2) | 307 | 146 (47.6) | 172,338 | 162,967 (94.6) | 42 | 42 (100.0) | 102,126 | 102,126 (100.0) |
| 2004 | 1,118 | 310 (27.7) | 208,541 | 159,744 (76.6) | 454 | 195 (43.0) | 225,861 | 209,954 (93.0) | 43 | 42 (97.7) | 111,648 | 111,646 (100.0) |
| 2005 | 1,281 | 405 (31.6) | 286,832 | 230,342 (80.3) | 571 | 273 (47.8) | 328,030 | 309,221 (94.3) | 41 | 41 (100.0) | 136,467 | 136,467 (100.0) |
| 2006 | 1,508 | 497 (33.0) | 367,715 | 302,222 (82.2) | 660 | 363 (55.0) | 425,631 | 407,472 (95.7) | 43 | 42 (97.7) | 163,608 | 163,599 (100.0) |
| 2007 | 1,635 | 555 (33.9) | 420,900 | 349,481 (83.0) | 717 | 371 (51.7) | 481,575 | 457,269 (95.0) | 45 | 42 (93.3) | 176,816 | 176,812 (100.0) |
| 2008 | 1,791 | 623 (34.8) | 479,126 | 400,216 (83.5) | 809 | 418 (51.7) | 538,892 | 511,956 (95.0) | 48 | 43 (89.6) | 188,401 | 188,372 (100.0) |
| 2009 | 1,894 | 737 (38.9) | 584,781 | 505,555 (86.5) | 856 | 489 (57.1) | 627,587 | 602,607 (96.0) | 44 | 43 (97.7) | 227,388 | 227,319 (100.0) |
| 2010 | 2,040 | 824 (40.4) | 664,000 | 578,234 (87.1) | 908 | 518 (57.0) | 696,670 | 668,812 (96.0) | 44 | 43 (97.7) | 238,498 | 238,482 (100.0) |
| 2011 | 2,221 | 1,030 (46.4) | 862,130 | 771,774 (89.5) | 950 | 588 (61.9) | 857,009 | 830,944 (97.0) | 45 | 43 (95.6) | 252,192 | 252,177 (100.0) |
| 2012 | 2,316 | 1,113 (48.1) | 938,075 | 847,351 (90.3) | 992 | 613 (61.8) | 923,782 | 896,816 (97.1) | 47 | 46 (97.9) | 269,869 | 269,704 (99.9) |
| 2013 | 2,408 | 1,113 (46.2) | 918,035 | 820,108 (89.3) | 1,020 | 613 (60.1) | 916,029 | 887,043 (96.8) | 45 | 44 (97.8) | 259,116 | 259,115 (100.0) |
| Percent change | +2.8 | +1.7 | +2.0 | +0.3 | +0.0 | +0.0 | ||||||
Data are presented as number or number (%). A high volume facility (HVF) was defined as a facility with an annual colonoscopy (CS) volume of more than 200 colonoscopies.