Analysis of medical service use of knee osteoarthritis and knee meniscal and ligament injuries in Korea: a cross-sectional study of national patient sample data

Table 5 Medication prescribed for knee osteoarthritis and knee meniscal and ligament injury as assessed at the 5th Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System level

5th ATC level	Total				Inpatient				Outpatient
	Knee OA		Knee meniscal and ligament injury		Knee OA		Knee meniscal and ligament injury		Knee OA		Knee meniscal and ligament injury
	N = 48,321	%	N = 19,136	%	N = 3084	%	N = 2434	%	N = 48,000	%	N = 18,540	%
Aceclofenac	15,810	32.72	4961	25.92	840	27.24	858	35.25	15,357	31.99	4499	24.27
Tramadol	10,651	22.04	2982	15.58	1743	56.52	837	34.39	9364	19.51	2291	12.36
Diclofenac	9068	18.77	3688	19.27	1764	57.20	1132	46.51	7734	16.11	2832	15.28
Meloxicam	10,785	22.32	597	3.12	524	16.99	178	7.31	10,544	21.97	486	2.62
Loxoprofen sodium hydrate^a	5598	11.59	3295	17.22	291	9.44	358	14.71	5375	11.20	3043	16.41
Tramadol, combinations	7082	14.66	1588	8.30	582	18.87	248	10.19	6741	14.04	1423	7.68
Talniflumate^a	5273	10.91	3127	16.34	432	14.01	519	21.32	4944	10.30	2747	14.82
Paracetamol	4988	10.32	1435	7.50	843	27.33	364	14.95	4299	8.96	1133	6.11
Celecoxib	4791	9.91	134	0.70	634	20.56	43	1.77	4490	9.35	106	0.57
Piroxicam	2085	4.31	307	1.60	220	7.13	116	4.77	1908	3.98	200	1.08
Zaltoprofen^a	1531	3.17	753	3.93	138	4.47	113	4.64	1432	2.98	666	3.59
Chlorphenesin carbamate^a	1597	3.30	599	3.13	69	2.24	46	1.89	1565	3.26	568	3.06
Dexibuprofen	1105	2.29	509	2.66	36	1.17	23	0.94	1072	2.23	488	2.63
Ketorolac	777	1.61	279	1.46	633	20.53	230	9.45	152	0.32	49	0.26
Nabumetone	904	1.87	114	0.60	46	1.49	37	1.52	873	1.82	83	0.45
Pethidine^b	858	1.78	151	0.79	843	27.33	145	5.96	18	0.04	7	0.04

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