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Table 1 Patients’ general characteristics

From: Deregulation of sale of over-the-counter drugs outside of pharmacies in the Republic of Korea: interrupted-time-series analysis of outpatient visits before and after the policy

  

Number

Percent

Sex

 Male

518,793

49.8

 Female

523,935

50.3

Age

 less than 30

409,186

39.2

 30–39

165,379

15.9

 40–49

177,031

17.0

 50–59

135,173

13.0

 60–69

84,577

8.1

 70–79

52,063

5.0

 80 or more

19,319

1.9

Insurance

 Self-employed insured

353,906

33.9

 employee insured

655,998

62.9

 Medicaid

32,824

3.2

Income

 Q1(Low)

167,277

16.0

 Q2

248,196

23.8

 Q3

342,296

32.8

 Q4(High)

284,959

27.3

Region

 Urban

487,892

46.8

 Rural

554,836

53.2

Type of hospital (Acute upper respiratory infection)

 General hospital

100,539

9.6

 Hospital

92,976

8.9

 Clinic

620,058

59.5

 Others

229,155

22.0

Type of hospital (Dyspepsia)

 General hospital

107,329

10.3

 Hospital

105,076

10.1

 Clinic

803,233

77.0

 Others

27,090

2.6

Type of hospital (Migraine)

 General hospital

106,703

10.2

 Hospital

104,797

10.1

 Clinic

802,351

77.0

 Others

28,877

2.8

Total

1,042,728

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