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KMID : 0363320210420061255
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2021 Volume.42 No. 6 p.1255 ~ p.1268
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Comparative Analysis of Patients Visiting Department of Korean Internal Medicine in a Korean Medicine Hospital Before and During COVID-19 - From July 2018 to June 2021 at Wonkwang University Jeonju Korean Medicine Hospital -
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Lee Ji-Eun
Shin Yong-Jeen
Shin Sun-Ho
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the healthcare utilization behavior of patients visiting the department of Korean internal medicine in the Korean medicine hospital of Wonkwang University in Jeon-ju from July 2018 to June 2021.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 26,108 patients and sorted the data by period, month, visiting types, new or returning types, sex, and age group. IBM SPSS 26.0 and the R 4.05 ‘changepoint' package were used with various statistical methods, such as Independent t-test, Mann-Whitney test, Chi-square test, Simple regression analysis. The P-value was set at 0.05.
Results and Conclusions: Females outnumbered males regardless of period, and the ratio of females fell after COVID-19. Regardless of visiting types, patients in their 50s, 60s, and 70s outrated any other age group. The average number of females among the returning patients decreased significantly after COVID-19, but did not in males. Outpatients under 10 and in their 10s decreased significantly after COVID-19, as did inpatients in their 40s and 60s. The average duration of hospitalization was extended significantly after COVID-19. The number of outpatients and inpatients decreased as time passed after COVID-19. We expect that the results of this study will be used as reference materials in analyzing the effects of COVID-19 on healthcare utilization.
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KEYWORD
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COVID-19, Korean internal medicine, healthcare utilization, comparative analysis
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