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Table 1 Total expenditures on health care and LTC services for 650,059 older Korean adults in 2017

From: Total care expenditures and their drivers among older adults: A study on health and long-term care expenditures in South Korea

  

Total

Insurance

Benefits

Personal payment

(co-payments)

Net total expenditure in 2017

(USD)

Total

9,808,922,016 (100.00%)

8,438,320,357 (86.03%)

1,370,601,659 (13.97%)

Long-term care

6,203,876,483 (63.25%)

5,512,429,529 (88.85%)

691,446,955 (11.15%)

Health care

3,605,045,533 (36.75%)

2,925,890,828 (81.16%)

679,154,705 (18.84%)

Per capita expenditure* in 2017

(USD)

Total

15,089.28 ± 8,066.57

12,980.85 ± 8225.82

2108.43 ± 1953.83

Long-term care

9543.56 ± 5100.05

8479.89 ± 5900.53

1063.67 ± 986.29

Health care

5545.72 ± 8144.03

4500.96 ± 8367.15

1044.76 ± 1832.06

  1. * Per capita expenditure (total expenditure per person) is the value arrived at by dividing the total expenditure by the number of people