Projection of future pharmacy service fees using the dispensing claims in hospital and clinic outpatient pharmacies: national health insurance database between 2006 and 2012

Table 3 Pharmacy service fees of the next year (2013), using the regression model for projection

Category	Pharmacy service fees for a quarter ^{a, c}	Pharmacy service fees in 2013^{a,b, d}	Pharmacy service fees in 2012^{a,b, d}	Year-on-year increase rate ^e,%
Scenario 1 ^f	31,744.4	2587.4	2470.8	4.7
Scenario 2 ^g	31,643.8	2565.8	2470.8	3.8
Scenario 3 ^h	32,678.1	2663.5	2470.8	7.8
Scenario 4 ⁱ	31,248.2	2547.0	2470.8	3.1

^a Costs in Korean won were converted into US$ by using the conversion rate of 1200 won/US$
^b Million US$
^c Pharmacy service fees per pharmacy
^d Pharmacy service fees of all pharmacies
^e Increase rate of the prediction value of 2013 on 2012
^f Applied the average increase rate of annual pharmacy service fees in 2006–2012
^g Applied the average increase rate of annual pharmacy service fees in 2010–2012
^h Applied the maximum number of prescriptions in 2006–2012
ⁱ Applied the minimum number of prescriptions in 2010–2012

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