An Retrospective Analysis of 1549 patients under the Cooperative Medical Care consulted to the Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in a Korean medical hospital

Jo, Hee Jin; Kwon, Min Soo; Kim, Junghwan; Jo, Dae Hyun; Choi, Ji Eun; Han, Ji‐Yeon; Lee, Jun Young; Kim, Yong Suk; Nam, Sang-Soo

doi:10.13045/acupunct.2016059

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“…A recent study on CT based on an analysis of 24 case reports indicated that diseases of the nervous system were the most likely to be treated with CT due to its excellent treatment effects [ 28 ]. In 2016, the diseases that received the most consultation for CT were musculoskeletal system, nervous system and exogenous diseases [ 29 ]. However, the limitation of this finding was that it only included consultations for acupuncture medicine.…”

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Identifying the Relationship between the Korean Medicine and Western Medicine in Factors Affecting Medical Service Use

Choi

Kim

2022

Healthcare

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This study was conducted using data from the Korea Medical Panel Survey (KMPS) carried out in 2015. Importantly, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Korean medicine (KM) and Western medicine (WM) in medical service use. The general characteristics and the frequency of utilization of medical services were analyzed for 18,130 participants. Chi-square analysis was used to examine the factors that affected medical service use. Additionally, logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the odds ratio (OR) between the KM Use with WM Use and KM&WM Use with disease group. The proportion of respondents who used KM&WM was the highest among those over 65 years of age and it was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.001). The OR for using KM and WM was 3.236 and it was also statistically significant (p < 0.001). Further, the ORs of KM&WM Use for all seven disease groups were greater than 1 and were statistically significant (p < 0.001) except for respiratory disease. The significant ORs of KM&WM Use were 10.342 (musculoskeletal), 2.073 (exogenous causes), 1.988 (nervous), 1.677 (digestive), 1.541 (circulatory) and 1.386 (skin). The findings in this study were attributed to a combination of social aspects such as the increasing incidence of chronic diseases among the elderly population, policy aspects such as the collaborative pilot project to promote collaborative treatment (CT), economic aspects, such as a lower total cost for CT and scientific aspects such as evidence supporting the efficacy of CT.

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