Investigation of diseases that cause diagnostic difficulty for Japanese general physicians

Table 5 Specialist treatment after diagnosis (n = 408)

Treated by	Referred by general physicians	Referred by other physicians	P value
Treated by	n (%)	n (%)	P value
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

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

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