Table 4.
Medical costs and prevalence of adjustment disorders in South Korea from 2011 to 2017
| Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of all patients | 53,312 | 54,197 | 48,438 | 48,406 | 49,982 | 55,391 | 59,607 | |
| Prevalence (per 100,000 persons) | 106.4 | 107.7 | 95.8 | 95.4 | 98.1 | 108.4 | 116.4 | |
| Total cost | 8,645,443 | 9,271,468 | 9,337,028 | 9,737,713 | 9,607,181 | 10,709,996 | 13,792,781 | |
| Outpatient (psychiatry) | 6,225,166 | 6,738,505 | 6,656,555 | 6,995,091 | 7,099,200 | 8,028,755 | 11,062,588 | |
| Outpatient(non-psychiatry) | 502,400 | 532,870 | 556,762 | 598,096 | 562,140 | 585,997 | 138,262 | |
| Inpatient (psychiatry) | 1,678,388 | 1,649,473 | 1,751,833 | 1,798,931 | 1,683,796 | 1,830,196 | 2,294,695 | |
| Inpatient (non-psychiatry) | 239,488 | 350,618 | 371,877 | 345,596 | 262,046 | 265,048 | 297,236 | |
| Total cost (per person) | 162 | 171 | 193 | 201 | 192 | 193 | 231.4 | |
1 US dollar=1,152 Korean won (mean exchange rate in 2011); 1,071 (2012); 1,055 (2013); 1,099 (2014); 1,173 (2015); 1,208 (2016); 1,071 (2017) [16]