Last year's medical expenses totaled 102.4 trillion won... 43% of the total went to the elderly = South Korea

It was revealed on the 4th that South Korea's medical expenses last year exceeded 100 trillion won (approximately 11 trillion yen) for the first time. Elderly people aged 65 and over accounted for 43% of the total. To bring the COVID-19 virus infection under control
As a result, the number of people using medical institutions is increasing. According to the "FY2022 Health Insurance Major Statistics (Insurance Salary Edition)" released by the National Health Insurance Corporation, last year's overall medical expenses (health insurance burden)
The total amount (total of patients' fees and patients' co-payments) was 102,427.7 billion won, an increase of 9.5% from the previous year. The number of people visiting medical institutions for inpatient and outpatient care has also increased rapidly, with the total number of days of hospitalization and outpatient visits reaching 1,058,330,000.
day, an increase of 10.5% from the previous year. After declining by 11.5% and 0.5% in 2020 and 2021, respectively, it has rebounded significantly.
44.1187 trillion won, or 43.1% of last year's medical expenses, was spent by the elderly population aged 65 and over. Medical expenses for the elderly population
The allocation was slightly lower than the previous year's 43.4%, but this was because the increase in medical expenses for the elderly population (8.6%) was relatively smaller than the increase in overall medical expenses (9.5%).
Elderly people accounted for 17% of the total population, but the average monthly medical expenses per person were 429,585 won, 2.6 times the overall average of 166,073 won. per person
The average number of days hospitalized per month for the elderly was 3.75 days, nearly three times longer than the overall average of 1.31 days. Salary expenses paid by public corporations to hospitals, clinics, etc. were 76.725 trillion won, an increase of 9.3%.
Ta. The ``salary rate'', which is the proportion of medical expenses that are accounted for by salary expenses, was 74.9%, a similar level to 2020 (75.3%) and 2021 (75%).
By institution, general hospitals had the largest share, accounting for 34.3%. It was 26.331 trillion won, an increase of 3% from the previous year. the next one
This was followed by hospitals (including dental clinics and Korean herbal medicine clinics), which accounted for 30% of the total (23.07 trillion won). The increase rate was the highest at 18.2%, and if dental clinics and Korean medicine clinics are excluded, the increase rate would be 24.1%.
It also became. Pharmacies increased by 11.7%, hospitals by 5.6% compared to the previous year, and health institutions decreased by 1.8%.