Table 3

Healthcare use and costs for each episode with injuries by gender and age groups in Korea, 2006

	NHI+AID			AI			Total
	LOS^*	NOV^†	Costs per episode^‡	LOS^*	NOV^†	Costs per episode^‡	LOS^*	NOV^†	Costs per episode^‡
Men	5 508 490	22 674 393	1404	5 709 707	1 898 739	3909	11 218 197	24 573 132	4600
0–9	182 933	2 667 731	1600	232 677	77 376	10 670	415 610	2 745 107	4708
10–19	477 836	4 111 386	1929	454 880	151 268	9228	932 716	4 262 654	4626
20–29	719 229	2 689 545	1753	1 136 375	377 897	4504	1 855 604	3 067 442	6977
30–39	928 590	3 396 583	1359	1 309 879	435 595	3475	2 238 469	3 832 178	5501
40–49	1 183 734	3 786 357	1149	1 293 052	429 999	3102	2 476 786	4 216 356	4598
50–59	846 842	2 715 257	885	778 149	258 770	2416	1 624 991	2 974 027	3106
60–69	627 008	2 033 161	786	359 369	119 507	1900	986 377	2 152 668	1424
70–79	391 588	1 037 583	858	122 386	40 699	2084	513 974	1 078 282	916
80+	150 730	236 790	1060	22 941	7629	2045	173 671	244 419	1095
Women	4 794 866	20 350 651	526	4 162 563	1 890 709	2346	8 957 429	22 241 360	1238
0–9	103 957	1 650 564	547	212 414	96 482	4545	316 371	1 747 046	1818
10–19	137 274	1 759 213	462	327 232	148 635	4268	464 506	1 907 848	1433
20–29	259 711	1 771 631	492	853 704	387 767	2814	1 113 415	2 159 398	2020
30–39	377 717	2 638 530	431	831 338	377 608	2002	1 209 055	3 016 138	1273
40–49	765 303	3 766 439	463	912 806	414 612	1892	1 678 109	4 181 051	1004
50–59	791 363	3 386 711	487	552 854	251 116	1779	1 344 217	3 637 827	798
60–69	788 500	2 867 491	501	298 196	135 446	1792	1 086 696	3 002 937	626
70–79	952 101	1 943 523	942	139 906	63 548	1978	1 092 007	2 007 071	970
80+	618 940	566 549	1254	34 114	15 495	1841	653 054	582 044	1264
Total	10 303 356	43 025 044	1000	9 872 270	3 789 448	3325	20 175 626	46 814 492	3075

* LOS=annual length of stay.
† NOV=annual number of outpatient visits.
‡ Costs per episode: overall costs excluding those for premature death were divided by the total number of treatment episodes for injuries to determine costs per episode in that gender and age group; costs for premature death were calculated based on data for deaths in Korea, 2006.
Unit: days, dollars (exchange rate, 1 US$=948 Korean won in 2006).
AI, Automobile Insurance; AID, National Medical Care Aid; NHI, National Health Insurance.