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Table 5 Number of patients introduced to the IRUD diagnosis network in Japan

From: Survey on patients with undiagnosed diseases in Japan: potential patient numbers benefiting from Japan’s initiative on rare and undiagnosed diseases (IRUD)

Survey-1 + Survey-2

Number of patients with undiagnosed diseases in Japan who would be referred to IRUD (cases)

Pediatrics/pediatric surgery

Other departments

Total

General hospitals (GH)

1063

18,133

19,196

Family clinics (FC)

264

2337

2601

National/public university hospitals (NUH)

1462

8338

9800

Private university hospitals (main) (PUH-main)

652

3098

3750

Private university hospitals (branch) (PUH-branch)

240

1797

2037

Total

3681

33,703

37,384