Specialty | No. of visits (%, n = 2,443,003) | No. of patients (%, n = 182,474) | No. of specialists per 100,000 population (in 2004) |
---|---|---|---|
General practice* | 624,047 (25.5) | 106,550 (58.4) | 18.8** |
Otorhinolaryngology | 232,775 (9.5) | 61,057 (33.5) | 6.6 |
Chinese medicine | 224,045 (9.2) | 51,623 (28.3) | 20.1 |
Internal medicine | 218,191 (8.9) | 54,144 (29.7) | 28.6 |
Dentistry | 204,773 (8.4) | 68,959 (37.8) | 43.3 |
Pediatrics | 160,639 (6.6) | 29,402 (16.1) | 13.4 |
Ophthalmology | 134,866 (5.5) | 51,285 (28.1) | 5.8 |
Gynecology | 111,689 (4.6) | 27,075 (14.8) | 10.2 |
Dermatology | 90,930 (3.7) | 33,180 (18.2) | 1.6 |
General surgery | 72,394 (3.0) | 26,899 (14.7) | 19.8 |
Orthopedics | 64,171 (2.6) | 21,930 (12.0) | 5.8 |
Cardiology | 39,795 (1.6) | 8,065 (4.4) | 2.3 |
Gastroenterology | 36,960 (1.5) | 11,547 (6.3) | NA*** |
Neurology | 35,052 (1.4) | 8,526 (4.7) | 2.8 |
Rehabilitation | 31,981 (1.3) | 7,953 (4.4) | 2.6 |
Psychiatry | 26,228 (1.1) | 4,088 (2.2) | 3.7 |
Urology | 24,629 (1.0) | 7,558 (4.1) | 2.7 |
Infection | 2,305 (0.1) | 947 (0.5) | NA*** |
Others | 107,533 (4.4) | Â | Â |