Table 3 Number of patients with undiagnosed diseases in Japanese general hospitals and family clinics who would be referred to IRUD
Survey-1 | Pediatrics/pediatric surgery | Other departments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
General hospitals (GH) | Family clinics (FC) | General hospitals (GH) | Family clinics (FC) | |
Percentage of doctors needing IRUD | 36.8% (35/95) | 32.9% (25/76) | 19.4% (65/335) | 18.2% (52/286) |
Number of participating doctors (persons) | 95 | 76 | 335 | 286 |
Number of doctors completed the survey (persons) | 45 | 36 | 87 | 74 |
Number of doctors needing IRUD (persons) | 35 | 25 | 65 | 52 |
Number of patients who would be referred to IRUD per doctor needing IRUD (cases/person) | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
Total number of doctors in the relevant facilities in Japan (persons) | 9192 | 6677 | 155,907 | 95,207 |
Number of patients with undiagnosed diseases in Japan who would be referred to IRUD (cases) | 1063 | 264 | 18,133 | 2337 |