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

Table 3.

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 5-9-year age group of pediatric patients 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 10 5 5 15 6 9 11 4 7 733 667 778
K01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K02 6 3 3 59 38 21 45 26 18 763 684 857
K03 41 24 17 49 28 21 25 13 12 510 464 571
K04 53 29 24 192 118 74 217 132 83 1130 1119 1122
K05 29 18 11 101 62 39 123 73 50 1218 1177 1282
K06 5 2 3 6 2 4 3 1 2 500 500 500
K08 31 19 12 47 27 20 41 20 20 872 741 1000
K09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K12 44 29 15 81 50 31 93 60 32 1148 1200 1032
K13 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1000 1000 1000
K14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Others 325 207 118 769 480 289 563 363 201 732 756 696
Overall
36
26
10
1321
812
509
1122
696
426
849
857
837
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 0.10 0.09 0.10 0.14 0.11 0.18 0.11 0.07 0.14
K01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K02 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.57 0.70 0.42 0.43 0.48 0.36
K03 0.39 0.44 0.34 0.47 0.52 0.42 0.24 0.24 0.24
K04 0.51 0.54 0.48 1.84 2.19 1.47 2.08 2.45 1.65
K05 0.28 0.33 0.22 0.97 1.15 0.78 1.18 1.35 1.00
K06 0.05 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.08 0.03 0.02 0.04
K08 0.30 0.35 0.24 0.45 0.50 0.40 0.39 0.37 0.40
K09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K12 0.42 0.54 0.30 0.78 0.93 0.62 0.89 1.11 0.64
K13 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
K14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Others 3.12 3.83 2.35 7.38 8.89 5.76 5.40 6.73 4.00
Overall 0.35 0.48 0.20 12.68 15.04 10.14 10.77 12.89 8.49

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