Table 4. Medical Care Utilization of Prevalence Patients with Allergic Rhinitis Depending on Western Medicine and Korean Medicine(2010 vs. 2016) (Unit: person, ten thousand won, won, days, days)

Classification		2010
		*WM						**KM
		N	Overall Medical Expenditure	Per Person Medical Expenditure	Median(IQR)	Visit Days	Recuperation Days	N	Overall Medical Expenditure	Per Person Medical Expenditure	Median(IQR)	Visit Days	Recuperation Days
Total		146,325	22,745,397	46,700	26,375(16,654-49,860)	2.3	2.4	2,631	716,267	81,700	39,350(19,980-94,030)	5.0	6.1
Treatment Type	Inpatient	115	85,993	224,400	24,800(8,490-349,771)	11.7	14.2	2	4,036	605,400	601,420(601,420-609,240)	14.0	14.0
	Outpatient	146,210	22,659,404	46,500	26,376(16,657-49,845)	2.3	2.4	2,629	712,231	81,300	39,345(19,980-93,968)	5.0	6.1
Gender	Male	68,205	11,196,460	49,300	27,325(16,860-52,402)	2.4	2.6	1,432	420,490	88,100	41,060(20,270-98,604)	5.4	6.5
	Female	78,120	11,548,937	44,400	25,550(16,481-47,945)	2.3	2.3	1,199	295,777	74,100	37,302(19,850-87,382)	4.5	5.5
Age	0-4 years	18,187	3,408,012	56,300	30,933(16,508-64,502)	3.4	3.4	375	88,323	70,700	38,210(18,510-87,450)	4.6	6.0
	5-9 years	17,327	3,271,302	56,700	32,116(17,176-63,824)	2.9	3.0	633	197,801	93,800	48,220(20,340-113,470)	5.8	7.0
	10-19 years	26,507	3,902,675	44,200	25,816(16,480-47,976)	2.1	2.2	645	194,919	90,700	44,560(20,600-106,798)	5.6	6.5
	20-29 years	17,473	2,325,111	40,000	22,650(16,531-41,170)	1.8	1.8	256	56,865	66,700	33,330(20,530-71,000)	3.6	4.2
	30-39 years	22,713	3,170,452	41,900	24,361(16,750-44,530)	2.0	2.0	283	64,922	68,900	35,130(19,180-76,270)	4.3	5.6
	40-49 years	18,320	2,679,544	43,900	25,320(16,920-46,985)	2.1	2.3	214	54,484	76,400	36,896(20,640-86,665)	4.3	5.5
	50-59 years	13,302	2,028,250	45,800	25,460(16,708-47,707)	2.1	2.3	133	34,927	78,800	36,590(21,010-96,310)	4.6	5.7
	60-69 years	7,672	1,203,476	47,100	26,172(16,270-49,701)	2.3	2.8	59	13,887	70,700	33,100(18,520-77,210)	4.2	5.2
	70-79 years	4,000	613,359	46,100	25,708(15,905-48,284)	2.5	2.9	28	9,330	100,000	35,230(19,850-89,700)	6.6	7.6
	80-89 years	776	136,261	52,700	25,074(15,584-49,732)	2.6	3.7	5	814	48,900	28,260(26,980-69,840)	3.4	4.6
	90-99 years	47	6,907	44,100	23,018(15,770-37,285)	2.1	4.4
	≥100 years	1	54	16,000	15,910(15,910-15,910)	1.0	1.0
City	Seoul	28,995	4,775,163	49,500	27,120(16,630-52,199)	2.3	2.4	631	168,113	80,000	37,530(19,780-86,665)	4.7	5.7
	Busan	9,979	1,546,899	46,600	26,378(16,642-49,112)	2.4	2.5	193	57,533	89,500	47,160(21,430-99,404)	5.8	6.3
	Incheon	8,335	1,295,574	46,700	26,858(16,923-50,499)	2.3	2.4	98	20,563	63,000	37,450(19,390-78,172)	3.6	4.8
	Daegu	7,068	1,117,179	47,500	26,772(16,745-49,824)	2.4	2.6	156	40,274	77,500	41,297(20,600-92,460)	5.3	6.2
	Gwangju	4,271	664,308	46,700	26,750(16,474-50,220)	2.3	2.5	103	30,516	88,900	34,395(18,650-79,362)	5.5	7.0
	Daejeon	4,934	809,528	49,300	26,264(17,115-50,910)	2.5	2.5	103	31,140	90,700	40,970(21,010-111,720)	5.5	6.3
	Ulsan	3,564	531,762	44,800	24,327(16,242-46,561)	2.2	2.5	52	16,884	97,500	49,960(19,000-92,917)	6.5	6.8
	Gyeonghi	35,581	5,554,007	46,900	27,010(16,785-51,247)	2.3	2.4	669	194,944	87,500	42,040(20,600-107,140)	5.3	6.4
	Gangwon	3,583	515,171	43,200	25,961(16,810-48,260)	2.2	2.4	35	7,674	65,800	25,140(16,910-84,800)	4.2	6.3
	Chungbuk	3,791	565,483	44,800	25,869(16,571-48,272)	2.3	2.4	82	16,250	59,500	29,910(17,010-79,891)	3.6	4.9
	Chungnam	5,861	936,525	48,000	26,240(16,611-49,324)	2.5	2.7	63	14,754	70,300	30,370(16,690-83,900)	4.2	4.8
	Jeonbuk	5,116	744,333	43,700	23,431(15,910-46,063)	2.2	2.4	95	21,844	69,000	29,577(19,000-87,228)	3.8	4.9
	Jeonnam	5,263	725,632	41,400	23,868(16,066-44,482)	2.3	2.4	63	14,990	71,400	43,175(19,180-93,110)	4.7	6.7
	Gyeongbuk	6,962	1,022,243	44,100	25,125(16,541-47,956)	2.3	2.6	113	30,365	80,700	37,603(20,800-93,100)	5.6	6.5
	Gyeongnam	10,865	1,602,445	44,300	26,134(16,627-48,324)	2.4	2.5	147	43,637	89,100	47,460(22,000-98,420)	5.6	6.8
	Jeju	2,157	339,151	47,200	26,443(16,880-49,841)	2.4	2.4	28	6,795	72,800	40,170(19,230-57,470)	4.4	6.5
	Missing

WM : Western Medicine
KM : Korean Medicine