1Department of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
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Variables | 2013 February 358 013 (100.0) | 2013 March 370 723 (100.0) |
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Emergent symptom | ||
Exist | 265 682 (74.2) | 283 857 (76.6) |
Type of visit | ||
Transferred (ambulance) | 13 989 (3.9) | 14 790 (4.0) |
Transferred (personal) | 19 442 (5.4) | 21 029 (5.7) |
From outpatient department | 6428 (1.8) | 6944 (1.9) |
Direct visit (ambulance) | 52 315 (14.6) | 57 598 (15.5) |
Direct visit (personal) | 265 839 (74.3) | 270 362 (72.9) |
Age (mean, SD) | 38.0 (25.5) | 37.3 (25.8) |
Sex | ||
Male | 182 838 (51.1) | 195 612 (52.8) |
Female | 175 175 (48.9) | 175 111 (47.2) |
Type of insurance | ||
National health insurance | 320 514 (89.5) | 329 688 (88.9) |
Motor insurance | 13 065 (3.6) | 14 719 (4.0) |
Workmen’s compensation insurance | 593 (0.2) | 737 (0.2) |
Private insurance | 4 (0.0) | 10 (0.0) |
Medical care (part 1) | 14 661 (4.1) | 15 504 (4.2) |
Medical care (part 2) | 2984 (0.8) | 3237 (0.9) |
No insurance | 6192 (1.7) | 6828 (1.8) |
Type of disease | ||
Medical | 278 419 (77.8) | 280 500 (75.7) |
Trauma | 79 594 (22.2) | 90 223 (24.3) |
Time of visit | ||
09:00-17:59 | 153 260 (42.8) | 153 190 (41.3) |
18:00-23:59 | 123 811 (34.6) | 133 691 (36.1) |
00:00-08:59 | 80 942 (22.6) | 83 842 (22.6) |
Level of emergency medical institute | ||
Level I | 60 483 (16.9) | 63 193 (17.0) |
Level II | 297 530 (83.1) | 307 530 (83.0) |
Type of visit | 2013 February (A) | 2013 March (B) | Difference (B-A) | |
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All | ||||
Transferred (ambulance) | 93.48 | 93.45 | -0.03%p | (C) |
Transferred (personal) | 84.73 | 85.95 | 1.22%p | |
From outpatient department | 86.76 | 86.52 | -0.24%p | |
Direct visit (ambulance) | 83.50 | 83.73 | 0.23%p | |
Direct visit (personal) | 70.29 | 73.13 | 2.84%p | (D) |
Difference in differences (D-C) | 2.87%p | |||
Level I | ||||
Transferred (ambulance) | 95.23 | 95.06 | -0.17%p | (C) |
Transferred (personal) | 84.28 | 85.99 | 1.71%p | |
From outpatient department | 93.16 | 91.33 | -1.83%p | |
Direct visit (ambulance) | 89.23 | 89.26 | 0.03%p | |
Direct visit (personal) | 77.60 | 81.05 | 3.45%p | (D) |
Difference in differences (D-C) | 3.62%p | |||
Level II | ||||
Transferred (ambulance) | 92.45 | 92.53 | 0.08%p | (C) |
Transferred (personal) | 85.10 | 85.99 | 0.89%p | |
From outpatient department | 84.10 | 84.59 | 0.49%p | |
Direct visit (ambulance) | 82.27 | 82.53 | 0.27%p | |
Direct visit (personal) | 68.85 | 71.61 | 2.76%p | (D) |
Difference in differences (D-C) | 2.68%p |
All | Level I | Level II | ||
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Post | β1 | -0.001 (-0.009, 0.007) | -0.004 (-0.009, 0.017) | -0.002 (-0.012, 0.008) |
Group (type of visit) | ||||
Transferred by ambulance | Reference | Reference | Reference | |
Transferred personally | β2 | -0.040 (-0.048, -0.033) | -0.040 (-0.053, -0.027) | -0.042 (-0.051, -0.033) |
From outpatient department | β3 | -0.041 (-0.051, -0.031) | 0.011 (-0.007, 0.028) | -0.066 (-0.078, -0.053) |
Direct visit by ambulance | β4 | -0.057 (-0.064, -0.051) | -0.055 (-0.066, -0.043) | -0.062 (-0.070, -0.054) |
Direct visit personally | β5 | -0.153 (-0.159, -0.147) | -0.131 (-0.141, -0.121) | -0.162 (-0.169, -0.154) |
Post × group | ||||
Transferred by ambulance | Reference | Reference | Reference | |
Transferred personally | β6 | 0.008 (-0.002, 0.018) | 0.004 (-0.014, 0.022) | 0.008 (-0.004, 0.021) |
From outpatient department | β7 | -0.005 (-0.019, 0.009) | -0.010 (-0.034, 0.014) | -0.003 (-0.020, 0.014) |
Direct visit by ambulance | β8 | 0.007 (-0.002, 0.016) | 0.000 (-0.015, 0.016) | 0.008 (-0.003, 0.019) |
Direct visit personally | β9 | 0.024 (0.016, 0.032) | 0.027 (0.013, 0.040) | 0.024 (0.014, 0.034) |
Values are presented as n (%).
Values are presented as percent.
Model included age, age squared, sex, time of visit, type of disease, and type of insurance.