Characteristics | No. of patients (%) |
---|---|
Patient characteristics | |
Age, years of age | |
65–69 | 825 (9.33) |
70–74 | 1,552 (17.55) |
≥ 75 | 6,468 (73.13) |
Sex | |
Male | 3,184 (36.00) |
Female | 5,661 (64.00) |
National Health Security program enrolled | |
National Health Insurance | 7,668 (86.69) |
Medical Aid | 1,172 (13.25) |
Veterans Administration | 5 (0.06) |
Healthcare provider characteristics | |
Type of healthcare organization that the healthcare provider worked at | |
Tertiary-care hospitals | 1,483 (16.77) |
General hospitals | 2,400 (27.13) |
Hospitals | 921 (10.41) |
Long-term care facilities | 2,517 (28.46) |
Clinics | 1,479 (16.72) |
Others a | 45 (0.51) |
Medical specialty of the healthcare provider | |
Neurology | 3,659 (41.37) |
Internal medicine | 1,363 (15.41) |
Psychiatry | 1,270 (14.36) |
Family medicine | 734 (8.30) |
Rehabilitation medicine | 480 (5.43) |
Neurosurgery | 425 (4.80) |
Surgery | 385 (4.35) |
Orthopedics | 166 (1.88) |
Others a | 363 (4.10) |
Location of healthcare organization that the healthcare provider worked at | |
Seoul (Capital city) | 1,640 (18.54) |
Busan | 716 (8.09) |
Incheon | 365 (4.13) |
Daegu | 496 (5.61) |
Gwangju | 321 (3.63) |
Daejeon | 374 (4.23) |
Ulsan | 141 (1.59) |
Gyeonggi | 1,630 (18.43) |
Gangwon | 278 (3.14) |
Chungcheong/Sejong | 601 (6.79) |
Jeonla/Jeju | 1,171 (13.24) |
Gyeongsang | 1,112 (12.57) |