Table 3.
Top 10 disease classifications based on patient dispositions in referred visits.
| Discharge (n = 470,589, 33.6%) | Hospitalization (n = 855,022, 61.1%) | Re-Transfer (n = 59,274, 4.2%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, NEC | 101,917 (21.7) | Diseases of the digestive system | 168,783 (19.8) | Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes | 10,983 (18.5) |
| Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes | 101,347 (21.6) | Diseases of the circulatory system | 140,097 (16.4) | Diseases of the digestive system | 9324 (15.7) |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 39,405 (8.4) | Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes | 136,861 (16.1) | Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, NEC | 7375 (12.5) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 34,306 (7.3) | Diseases of the respiratory system | 108,876 (12.8) | Diseases of the circulatory system | 7366 (12.4) |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | 33,128 (7.1) | Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, NEC | 69,661 (8.2) | Diseases of the respiratory system | 6716 (11.3) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 32,211 (6.9) | Diseases of the genitourinary system | 57,182 (6.7) | Neoplasms | 5551 (9.4) |
| Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 26,927 (5.7) | Neoplasms | 48,104 (5.6) | Diseases of the genitourinary system | 3530 (6.0) |
| Neoplasms | 18,236 (3.9) | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 34,319 (4.0) | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 1788 (3.0) |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 14,163 (3.0) | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 15,252 (1.8) | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 1239 (2.1) |
| Diseases of the nervous system | 13,037 (2.8) | Pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium | 14,419 (1.7) | Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases | 1157 (2.0) |
Data are presented as numbers with percentages. Diseases were classified according to the Korean Standard Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (KCD-10). Abbreviations: NEC, not elsewhere classified.