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Table 1 Referring doctors for the 408 patients who were referred to the General Medicine Department for diagnosis (n = 408)

From: Investigation of diseases that cause diagnostic difficulty for Japanese general physicians

General physicians

169 (41.4%)

Other physicians

239 (58.6%)

 Specialist departments at our hospital

119 (29.2%)

 Local/general hospitals

79 (19.4%)

 Specialist clinics

30 (7.4%)

 Other university hospitals

8 (2.0%)

 More than one hospital

3 (0.7%)