Analysis of medical services provided to patients with ankle sprains in Korea between 2015 and 2017: a cross-sectional study of the health insurance review and assessment service national patient sample database.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To provide useful information for policy-makers and clinicians by analysing the medical service use-divided into Western medicine (WM) and Korean medicine (KM)-of patients with ankle sprains in South Korea between 2015 and 2017.

Design

Cross-sectional, retrospective, observational study.

Setting

Tertiary hospitals, WM hospitals, WM clinics, KM hospitals, KM clinics and others in South Korea.

Participants

We analysed claim data and patient information from the 2015 to 2017 Health Insurance Review and Assessment National Patient Sample (HIRA-NPS) dataset, including 151 415 patients diagnosed with a 'dislocation, sprain and strain of joints and ligaments at ankle and foot level' (10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases

SUBMITTER: Ryu HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7517580 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature