60% of clinics prescribe digestives in common cold

61.2 percent of clinics have prescribed digestives to their patients for common conditions such as cold, coughs and sore throats, according to a lawmaker who cited data from the Health Insurance Review Assessment and Service.

Rep. Jeon Hyun-hee said that the digestives prescription rate of clinics in 2009 was 58.4 percent on average for the recent three years, based on prescriptions for comm...