Healthcare Utilization for Lateral Epicondylitis: A 9-Year Analysis of the 2010-2018 Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service National Patient Sample Data.

ABSTRACT: This retrospective cross-sectional study examined healthcare utilization among 213,025 patients with lateral epicondylitis over a nine-year period using the 2010-2018 Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) data (ICD code M771). Healthcare utilization, types of treatment, and the route of the visit were analyzed with frequency analysis for Western medicine (WM) and Korean medicine (KM). The findings revealed that the number of patients visiting WM and KM facilities for lateral epicondylitis rose every year from 2010 to 2018. Over this period, the age distribution of patients was 45-54 years (39.93%), 55-64 (23.12%), and 35-44 years (21.07%), and there were slightly more female patients (53.66%) than male patients (46.34%). The number of claims for lateral epicondylitis tended

SUBMITTER: Cho Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9030966 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature