Investigation of diseases that cause diagnostic difficulty for Japanese general physicians

Table 6 Hospitalization after diagnosis (n = 408)

	Referred by general physicians	Referred by other physicians	P value
	n (%)	n (%)	P value
Hospitalized	4 (2.4%)	24 (10.0%)	0.002
Managed as an outpatient	165 (97.6%)	215 (90.0%)	0.002

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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