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. 2022 Mar 2;17(2):942–950. doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2022.02.014

Table 1.

The numbers of emergency dental patients without outpatient visit, the numbers of emergency dental visits, and the medical expense National Health Insurance (NHI) points for various types of oral diseases in the overall population in Taiwan in 2020.

Number of emergency dental patients without outpatient visit
Number of emergency dental visit
Medical expenses (1000 NHI points)
Mean medical expenses per emergency dental visit (one NHI point)
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
K00 39 24 15 77 45 32 90 50 39 1169 1111 1219
K01 38 23 15 89 54 35 46 35 11 517 648 314
K02 277 154 123 951 527 424 597 352 245 628 668 578
K03 459 253 206 642 362 280 435 214 221 678 591 789
K04 1239 740 499 4090 2322 1768 4538 2592 1946 1110 1116 1101
K05 727 466 261 4678 2800 1878 4992 3007 1984 1067 1074 1056
K06 172 93 79 181 94 87 149 72 76 823 766 874
K08 482 277 205 735 414 321 563 354 210 766 855 654
K09 3 3 0 6 5 1 4 4 1 667 800 1000
K11 15 4 11 22 6 16 26 5 21 1182 833 1313
K12 1354 729 625 2813 1479 1334 4384 2359 2025 1558 1595 1518
K13 50 30 20 75 50 25 59 29 30 787 580 1200
K14 13 9 4 15 9 6 11 7 4 733 778 667
Others 5039 2715 2324 13,957 7540 6417 10,996 6132 4863 788 813 758
Overall
1400
852
548
28,331
15,707
12,624
26,888
15,211
11,677
949
968
925
Number of emergency dental patients without outpatient visit per 10,000 people
Number of emergency dental visit per 10,000 people
Medical expenses per 10,000 people (1000 NHI points)
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female



K00 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.03
K01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.01
K02 0.12 0.13 0.10 0.40 0.45 0.36 0.25 0.30 0.21
K03 0.19 0.22 0.17 0.27 0.31 0.24 0.18 0.18 0.19
K04 0.53 0.63 0.42 1.73 1.99 1.49 1.92 2.22 1.64
K05 0.31 0.40 0.22 1.98 2.40 1.58 2.12 2.57 1.67
K06 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06
K08 0.20 0.24 0.17 0.31 0.35 0.27 0.24 0.30 0.18
K09 <0.01 <0.01 0 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
K11 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 0.01 0.01 <0.01 0.02
K12 0.57 0.62 0.53 1.19 1.27 1.12 1.86 2.02 1.70
K13 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03
K14 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Others 2.14 2.32 1.95 5.92 6.45 5.40 4.66 5.25 4.09
Overall 0.59 0.73 0.46 12.01 13.44 10.61 11.40 13.01 9.82

Expenses: The value of one NHI point is settled quarterly, and one NHI point fluctuates around NT$0.8–1.2.