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Table 3 Middle treatment received among patients switching back and forth between Korean Medicine and Western medicine

From: Healthcare usage and cost for plantar fasciitis: a retrospective observational analysis of the 2010–2018 health insurance review and assessment service national patient sample data

Category

Repeated the alternating pattern of Korean medicine –Western medicine- Korean medicine at least once in total (a)

Returned within 7 days (b)

(b/a)

Returned within 14 days (c)

(c/a)

n

%

n

%

%

n

%

%

Physical therapy

2620

44.93

237

45.32

9.05

398

47.21

15.19

Examination

2101

36.03

168

32.12

8.00

270

32.03

12.85

Diagnostic radiology

458

7.85

71

13.58

15.50

105

12.46

22.93

Injection*

264

4.53

36

6.88

13.64

55

6.52

20.83

Testing

250

4.29

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

Anesthesia

77

1.32

2

0.38

2.60

5

0.59

6.49

Others

61

1.05

9

1.72

14.75

10

1.19

16.39

Total

5831

100.00

523

100.00

8.97

843

100.00

14.46

  1. *Injections: For Korean Medicine, reimbursements under “Injection” include acupuncture, moxibustion, and cupping