The number of outpatient treatments used per person per year, three times the OECD average...What is the most common medical condition?
Apr 01, 2025
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Based on statistics on health insurance and medical benefits, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service released a statistics report on medical service use and health care quality as of 2023.
According to the report, in 2023, one Korean citizen visited the hospital and received medical treatment (including oriental doctors) 18.0 times, on average 1.5 times a month. This is 2.8 times the average of OECD member countries (6.4 times in 2022).
By age, 20 to 24 years old (8.9 times) was the least, and 75 to 79 years old recorded the most with 40.9. By gender, it was 17.4 times for men and 21.9 times for women.
According to the Korean Standard Classification of Diseases (KCD), diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, such as arthritis and osteoporosis, were the most common, with about 193.83 million cases, which means that each person received outpatient treatment 3.7 times a year.
The number of dental outpatient treatments per person was 1.7 in 2023, a slight increase from the previous year (1.6). This is also above the OECD average (1.0 times) as of 2022.
Seoul (22.8 times), Daegu (22.5 times), Busan (22.2 times), Daejeon (22.0 times), Jeonbuk (21.4 times), and Jeju and Gwangju (20.1 times) used more outpatient treatment than the average number of outpatient treatments per person (19.6 times).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
