Herbal Medicine Prescriptions for Functional Dyspepsia: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Korea

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of herbal medicine prescriptions.

Clinical characteristics	N	%
Type of medical institution (including 39,780 duplicates)
Korean medical hospital	269,427	1.39
Korean medical clinic	19,152,474	98.58
Public health center	6,127	0.03
Type of health insurance
National health insurance	18,539,775	95.62
Medical aid	848,473	4.38
Type of administration
Inpatient	46,252	0.24
Outpatient	19,341,996	99.76
Prescription period (days)
	Mean 1.68	SD 1.75
Prescription cost (₩KRW)
	Mean 1,880.04	SD 2,911.42

KRW, Korean won; SD, standard deviation. $1 USD  ≒ ₩1,156.4 KRW (2019).