South Koreans are apparently going to the doctor more often than the people of any other country in the OECD -- by a large margin.<br />Korea's health ministry, together with the national health insurance service, analyzed the data, and in 2016, Koreans went to the doctor an average of 17 times.<br />In the OECD, that compares to Japan, in a distant second, with 12-point-8 times... and Germany at 10 times.<br />The countries that went to the doctor the least were Sweden... at 2-point-8 times a year on average... and Mexico at 2-point-9 times.<br />Now, part of that could be because Koreans also went to the dentist the most often... at an average of 3-point-2 times a year.<br />But when admitted to a hospital, they also tended to stay for a while -- an average of 18 days -- second only to Japan. <br />
