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Table 2 Estimation of insurance claim proportion for HIV testing and the number of HIV test based on hospital type in Korea (2002-2008)

From: Estimation of hospital-based HIV seroprevalence as a nationwide scale by novel method; 2002-2008 in Korea

Hospital type

Item

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

University medical center

No. of institutes†

42

42

43

42

43

43

43

 

No. of institutes participating in survey (%‡)*

-

-

-

38 (90.5%)

40 (93.0%)

-

41 (95.3%)

 

Insurance claim proportion for HIV test§

33.9%

33.9%

33.9%

33.9%

39.7%

43.1%

46.5%

 

No. of insurance claims

188 006

232 114

268 914

311 852

408 904

480 238

560 928

 

Estimated number of HIV tests

618 962

709 536

800 461

919 917

1 029 985

1 114 241

1 206 297

General hospital

No. of institutes

241

241

163

215

242

249

268

 

No. of institutes participating in survey (%‡)

-

-

-

143 (66.5%)

164 (67.8%)

-

141 (52.6%)

 

Insurance claim proportion for HIV test

21.1%

21.1%

21.1%

21.1%

24.9%

31.7%

38.5%

 

No. of insurance claims

96 636

154 322

202 994

292 957

380 878

492 621

572 374

 

Estimated number of HIV tests

857 660

996 436

1 142 585

1 465 580

1 554 503

1 590 593

1 515 480

Clinic center

No. of institutes

783

871

314

470

573

759

888

 

No. of institutes participating in survey (%‡)

-

-

-

63 (13.4%)

77 (13.4%)

-

78 (8.9%)

 

Insurance claim proportion for HIV test

16.8%

16.8%

16.8%

16.8%

15.9%

19.2%

22.4%

 

No. of insurance claims

40 261

80 111

107848

134 546

189 783

250 976

330 385

 

Estimated number of HIV tests

925 285

904 841

897 835

877 184

1 234 337

1 358 801

1 498 916

Private clinic

No. of institutes

22 760

23 559

1913

2028

2267

2396

2448

 

No. of institutes participating in survey (%)**

-

-

-

22 (1.1%)

24 (1.1%)

-

23 (0.9%)

 

Insurance claim proportion for HIV test

11.0%

11.0%

11.0%

11.0%

11.4%

12.4%

13.3%

 

No. of insurance claims

34 862

45 544

46 475

57 637

74 952

91 242

104 338

 

Estimated number of HIV tests

360 555

456 490

455 771

552 714

690 624

772 112

822 323

Total

No. of insurance claims

359 765

512 098

626 231

796 794

1 054 517

1 315 077

1 568 025

 

Estimated number of HIV test

2 762 462

3 067 303

3 296 653

3 814 395

4 509 448

4 835 747

5 043 015

  1. †No. of institutes: Number of institutes claiming medical care fee for HIV testing to Health Insurance Review and Assessment Services (HIRA).
  2. §Insurance claim proportion for HIV tests in years with survey (2005-2006, 2008). Without survey, insurance claim proportions for HIV tests during 2002-2004 were estimated by that of 2005 and the proportion in 2007 was estimated as the mean of 2006 and 2008.
  3. ‡%: Proportion of institutes that participated in survey of EQAS among institutes claiming medical care fee for HIV testing to HIRA.
  4. * Number of institutes participating in the survey of External Quality Assurance Scheme (EQAS) for HIV testing.
  5. University medical center: Hospital with greater than 100 beds that provide more than 8 services of medical examination of patients with an associated medical school.
  6. General hospital: Hospital with greater than 100 beds that provide more than 6 services of medical examination of patients without an associated medical school.
  7. Clinic center: Hospital with 30-100 beds.
  8. Private clinic: Private clinic with less than 30 beds that provide medical examination primarily on an outpatient basis.
  9. **Data from private clinical laboratory because HIV tests in private clinics were usually sent to private clinical laboratories.
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