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The Retrospective Analysis of Traffic Accident Inpatients in Korean and Western Medicine Hospital

  • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
  • Abbr : JKMR
  • 2016, 26(4), pp.97-105
  • Publisher : The Korean Academy Of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine

김영준 1 김태령 1 Chang-Hoon Woo 1 박재홍 2

1대구한의대학교
2동의대학교

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ABSTRACT

ObjectivesThe purpose of this study is to investigate traffic accident patients who were admitted to Korean and Western medicine hospital.MethodsAccording to the medicine record from Dong-eui university, 908 traffic accident patients who were admitted to Korean medicine hospital and Western medicine hospital from 1st January 2011 to 31th July 2016 were analyzed. We classified the patients’ sex, age, classification of diseases, hospitalization.Results1. According to age and sex, the rate of male was 35.4%, and that of female was 64.6% in Korean medicine hospital. However, the rate of male was 46.6%, and that of fe-male was 53.4% in Western medicine hospital. 2. According to admission procedures, the most patients (93.3%) went through out-patient department in Korean medicine hospital and 53.5% of patients went through emergency room in Western medicine hospital. 3. According to principal diagnosis, ‘sprain and strain of neck level’ was 65.4 percentage Korean medicine hospital and ‘intracranial injury’ was 63.2 percentage in Western medi-cine hospital. 4. There was no statistical significant in hospitalization periods between male and female in Korean medicine hospital. However, hospitalization periods of female were longer than that of male in Western medicine hospital. 5. There was no correlation between age and hospitalization period in both Korean and Western medicine hospital. 6. Average hospitalization period of Korean medicine hospital patients were shorter than that of Western medicine hospital patients. 7. According to automobile insurance review organ-ization, hospitalization periods were not significantly different in both Korean and Western medicine hospital.ConclusionsIt is concluded that there is difference of characteristics between inpatients who were admitted to Korean and Western medicine hospital due to traffic accident. (J Korean Med Rehabil 2016;26(4):97-105)

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