The Determinants of Choosing Traditional Korean Medicine or Conventional Medicine: Findings from the Korea Health Panel

Table 2

Determinants of choosing traditional Korean medicine after adjusting for clustered error.

	Odds ratio	95% CI	value
Sex (ref = female)	1.041	0.713–1.158	0.834
Age (ref = 20–29)
30–39	1.236	0.726–2.104	0.435
40–49	1.322	0.744–2.351	0.341
50–59	0.866	0.476–1.572	0.637
60–69	0.828	0.449–1.525	0.545
70	0.734	0.373–1.442	0.370
Marital status (ref = single)
Married	0.978	0.589–1.624	0.934
Divorced	1.152	0.633–2.096	0.642
Education (ref = elementary school)
Middle school	0.903	0.666–1.225	0.514
High school	1.022	0.763–1.367	0.883
College or higher	1.089	0.739–1.606	0.665
Residence (ref = rural)	1.441	1.155–1.797	0.001
Health insurance type (ref = MA)	1.384	0.846–2.261	0.195
Private health insurance (ref = no)	1.061	0.856–1.315	0.588
Household income (log)	0.972	0.933–1.013	0.187
Subjective health status	1.002	0.996–1.008	0.458
Number of chronic diseases	1.018	0.968–1.072	0.476
Disease (ref = gastrointestinal)
Neoplasm	0.209	0.071–0610	0.004
Endocrine system	0.370	0.119–1.150	0.086
Nervous system	12.054	6.142–23.658	<0.001
Eye and ear	0.774	0.295–1.876	0.531
Circulatory system	5.267	2.726–10.178	<0.001
Respiratory system	0.604	0.270–1.352	0.220
Skin and subcutaneous tissue	1.006	0.408–2.481	0.989
Musculoskeletal system	20.579	12.353–34.282	<0.001
Genitourinary system	1.678	0.734–3.834	0.219
Others	6.294	3.717–10.675	<0.001
Smoking (ref = no smoking history)
Current smoker	0.972	0.695–1.361	0.872
Past smoker	1.318	0.691–2.512	0.401
Drinking (ref = no)	0.993	0.798–1.236	0.956
Regular exercise (ref = no)	0.853	0.683–1.064	0.159
Unmet need (ref = no)	1.070	0.861–1.331	0.538
Number of observations	179,026
−2 log likelihood	−30,715.41
Wald test	557.38 ()
Pseudo	0.1373

ref: reference; MA: Medical Aid; CI: confidence interval.