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Table 5 Specialist treatment after diagnosis (n = 408)

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

Treated by

Referred by general physicians

Referred by other physicians

P value

n (%)

n (%)

General Medicine Department

107 (63.3%)

120 (50.2%)

0.011

Specialist departments

44 (26.0%)

82 (34.3%)

0.082

Other medical institutions

18 (10.7%)

37 (15.5%)

0.186

  1. Data were analyzed by Fisher’s exact test and significance was accepted at P < 0.05.
  2. General physicians: physicians working at general internal medicine clinics.
  3. Other physicians: physicians working at specialist clinics or hospital physicians.