Koreans visit the hospital 17 times a year on average.

Koreans visit the hospital 17 times a year on average. Korea took the cake among OECD nations in the number of outpatient visits to doctors per capita. Japan came in second with 12.8 times, followed by Slovakia with 11.5 times, Czech Republic and Hungary with 11.1 times, Germany with 10.0 times and Netherlands with 8.8 times. The OECD average was 6.9. Koreans also ranked as the most frequent visitors of dental outpatient clinics. Moreover, the average hospital stay was the longest in the OECD at 18.1 days, which is 10 days longer than the OECD average.