Clinical Practice Pattern of Korean Medicine Doctors in Idiopathic Short Stature Treatment: A Survey Study

Table 6

Cost of each intervention for idiopathic short stature.

	Herbal medicine (15 days) (n = 58)	Acupuncture (n = 49)	Moxibustion (n = 38)	Dry cupping (n = 26)	Physiotherapy (n = 22)	Electroacupuncture (n = 20)	Pharmacopuncture (n = 20)	Chuna (n = 20)
>USD9	—	22 (44.9)	32 (84.2)	23 (88.5)	19 (86.4)	7 (35.0)	3 (15.0)	1 (5.0)
≥USD9 and >USD11	—	12 (24.5)	3 (7.9)	1 (3.8)	3 (13.6)	7 (35.0)	3 (15.0)	2 (10.0)
≥USD11 and >USD13	—	5 (10.2)	1 (2.6)	—	—	2 (10.0)	3 (15.0)	1 (5.0)
≥USD13 and >USD15	—	2 (4.1)	—	—	—	—	1 (5.0)	1 (5.0)
≥USD15 and >USD17	—	1 (2.0)	—	—	—	—	7 (35.0)	5 (25.0)
≥USD17 and >USD22	—	7 (14.3)	2 (5.3)	2 (7.7)	—	4 (20.0)	2 (10.0)	8 (40.0)
≥USD22	—	—	—	—	—	—	1 (5.0)	2 (10.0)
≥USD44 and >USD134	3 (5.2)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
≥USD134 and >USD156	3 (5.2)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
≥USD156 and >USD178	13 (22.4)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
≥USD178 and >USD223	15 (25.9)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
≥USD223 and >USD268	17 (29.3)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
≥USD268	7 (12.1)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

USD, United States dollar. It was based on the annual average exchange rate in 2020 from the Korea exchange bank. All data are in n (%). Cost of every intervention except herbal medicine were based on 1 visit.