International Patient Numbers Surpass Pre-COVID-19 Levels, Reaching 20,086

The total number of patients who visited Asan Medical Center last year was 3,469,589. Categorized by type, there were 3,313,333 outpatient visits and 156,256 inpatient admissions. This reflects an approximately 11.4% increase in outpatients and a 6.9% increase in inpatients compared to 2019, the period before the COVID-19 pandemic, when there were 2,974,392 outpatients and 146,051 inpatients.

In 2023, Asan Medical Center conducted 78,920 surgeries, surpassing the figures of 66,838 in 2020, 71,844 in 2021, and 69,542 in 2022, marking a return to over 70,000 surgeries once again after 2021. The rise in surgical cases is attributed to factors such as an increase in new patients and the efficient operation of the same-day surgery system.

The number of international patients who received treatment at Asan Medical Center last year was 20,086. This marks the highest number ever recorded, exceeding the pre-COVID-19 level of 17,835 in 2022 by 12.6%. When segmented by type, there were 18,627 outpatient cases, 617 inpatient cases, and 842 health check-up recipients. By nationality, the top five were the United States with 4,894 (24.3%), the United Arab Emirates with 3,537 (17.6%), Mongolia with 2,552 (12.7%), China with 1,973 (9.8%), and Kazakhstan and Vietnam with 941 each (4.6%).