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Table 6 Hospitalization after diagnosis (n = 408)

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

 

Referred by general physicians

Referred by other physicians

P value

n (%)

n (%)

Hospitalized

4 (2.4%)

24 (10.0%)

0.002

Managed as an outpatient

165 (97.6%)

215 (90.0%)

0.002

  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.