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Table 1 Summary statistics for hospital visits for ambulatory services by 65–84-year-olds before and during the pandemic (2017 ~ 2019)

From: Healthcare utilisation for elderly people at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea

Diseases

 

(a) January 1st-July 31st, 2020

(b) January 1st-July 31st

(2017, 2018, 2019)

Mean

Standard Dev

Mean

Standard Dev

Total

Number of patients per wk.

5,128,322

1,103,284

5,201,306

1,010,169

Change in the number of patients per wk.

0.031

0.278

0.05

0.313

Hypertension

Number of patients per wk.

513,163

22,902

542,579

40,086

Change in the number of patients per wk.

−0.029

0.156

−0.007

0.108

Diabetes

Number of patients per wk.

767,402

34,972

718,213

59,682

Change in the number of patients per wk.

0.033

0.164

0.054

0.116

Cancer

Number of patients per wk.

75,990

6133

54,665

10,238

Change in the number of patients per wk.

0.178

0.24

0.221

0.191

AURIs

Number of patients per wk.

111,645

54,308

135,613

38,837

Change in the number of patients per wk.

−0.187

0.313

0.03

0.158

  1. Note: This table presents the summary statistics for hospital visits for ambulatory services by 65–84-year-olds. Panel(a) covers the period between January 1st and July 31st in 2020 while panel (b) the same period of panel (a) in year 2017, 2018, and 2019. Mean represents the average number of weekly patients from each disease. The change in the volume of patients is calculated as the difference between the same week from the previous year (i.e., (week 6(2020)-week6(2019)]/week6(2019)). The number of patients only include ones taking ambulatory services