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Patterns of Korean Traditional medical Services Utilization in Daegu  

Kang, Su-Jin (College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University)
Lee, Young-Joon (College of Oriental Medicine, Daegu Haany University)
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Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine / v.14, no.2, 2010 , pp. 67-75 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives : Recently, the number of elderly people has been rapidly increasing in Korea, and it led to increase demands of Korean traditional medical services. However, there is a lack of information on Korean traditional service utilization. Thus, this study was intended to identify Korean traditional service utilization patterns such as acupuncture, moxibustion and cupping, since Korean traditional services were specially used in treating chronic diseases for elderly people. It is important to understand health services utilization for quality improvement of healthcare systems. Methods:We used data of 'Survey in Daegu' in 2008 and analyzed characteristics of disease structure and utilization patterns of health care service of 1,097 cases of participated citizens. Results : The proportion of the elderly people (>50 age) in total participators is 52.4%. Male to female ratio is 1:1.65 and most common age group was between 50 and 59 years old. 84.2% of participators were admitted at oriental health care facilities. In addition, the results showed that female were more used the service than man. The most common treated disease is musculoskeletal disorders in both male and female. Conclusions : Acupuncture, moxa and cupping are widely used to treat chronic degenerative diseases such as musculoskeletal disorders at oriental health care facilities. Elders and female prefer to be admitted at oriental health care facilities.
Keywords
Korean Traditional Medicine; Utilization pattern; Acupuncture; Moxa; Cupping; Western medicine; Unlicensed organization;
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