Back to disease list Summary Cross Tabulation Nationwide Projection Cross Tab - Pts prescribed Nationwide Projection - Pts prescribed

# of Pts: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) / Nonerosive reflux disease (NERD)
 
Estimated # of pts  
8,024,010  
 
Pt share by specialty   % of physicians


% of department (2% or above)

 
 
  Tier 1 cities   Tier 1.5 / 2 cities   Tier 3 cities and below
# of respondent physicians 1 pts/month or more 5 pts/month or more Avg. # of pts   # of respondent physicians 1 pts/month or more 5 pts/month or more Avg. # of pts   # of respondent physicians 1 pts/month or more 5 pts/month or more Avg. # of pts
# of physicians % of Tx # of physicians % of Tx   # of physicians % of Tx # of physicians % of Tx   # of physicians % of Tx # of physicians % of Tx
Internal Medicine 149 85 57.0 73 49.0 17.2   357 230 64.4 173 48.5 10.4   578 345 59.7 263 45.5 9.3
Geriatrics / Gerontology 52 41 78.8 30 57.7 14.5   139 90 64.7 60 43.2 7.1   92 56 60.9 40 43.5 7.1
Pulmonology 80 36 45.0 23 28.8 4.4   211 108 51.2 64 30.3 4.3   197 91 46.2 67 34.0 4.7
Gastroenterology 69 56 81.2 55 79.7 51.2   208 187 89.9 181 87.0 36.7   239 218 91.2 205 85.8 34.6
Cardiology 166 91 54.8 67 40.4 9.5   609 230 37.8 153 25.1 4.0   843 413 49.0 267 31.7 4.5
Diabetology / Endocrinology 85 33 38.8 24 28.2 9.2   348 108 31.0 75 21.6 4.1   461 155 33.6 99 21.5 4.0
Rheumatology / Immunology - - - - - -   48 14 29.2 10 20.8 3.1   42 17 40.5 8 19.0 2.5
Pediatrics / pediatric surgery 90 20 22.2 8 8.9 1.3   220 59 26.8 24 10.9 1.5   218 53 24.3 20 9.2 1.3
Psychiatry 61 3 4.9 1 1.6 0.1   160 12 7.5 4 2.5 0.2   140 7 5.0 1 0.7 0.1
Neurology 75 19 25.3 11 14.7 4.8   368 90 24.5 58 15.8 2.0   599 170 28.4 91 15.2 2.4
Hematology 40 9 22.5 3 7.5 1.0   99 10 10.1 2 2.0 0.3   64 10 15.6 5 7.8 1.5
Oncology 66 20 30.3 13 19.7 4.4   178 45 25.3 17 9.6 1.3   158 42 26.6 19 12.0 2.1
General surgery 91 28 30.8 19 20.9 3.7   224 56 25.0 29 12.9 1.7   202 58 28.7 29 14.4 1.9
Breast surgery - - - - - -   45 6 13.3 1 2.2 0.5   27 2 7.4 1 3.7 0.9
Orthopedic surgery 105 7 6.7 2 1.9 0.4   192 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   196 13 6.6 7 3.6 0.4
Rehabilitation / physiotherapy - - - - - -   34 5 14.7 1 2.9 0.5   29 5 17.2 2 6.9 0.9
Neurosurgery 31 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   59 3 5.1 0 0.0 0.1   60 5 8.3 1 1.7 0.5
GI surgery - - - - - -   27 12 44.4 7 25.9 4.7   25 12 48.0 10 40.0 6.4
Thoracic surgery (heart/lung) 24 5 20.8 3 12.5 2.8   57 15 26.3 7 12.3 1.3   54 23 42.6 10 18.5 2.2
Ob / gyn 84 1 1.2 1 1.2 0.2   206 3 1.5 2 1.0 0.1   146 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Ophthalmology 39 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   80 4 5.0 2 2.5 0.3   67 3 4.5 2 3.0 1.0
Otolaryngology / ENT 24 9 37.5 7 29.2 7.5   43 19 44.2 17 39.5 12.3   36 15 41.7 14 38.9 7.6
Dermatology 28 2 7.1 0 0.0 0.1   42 1 2.4 0 0.0 0.0   38 3 7.9 0 0.0 0.2
Urology 56 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   145 3 2.1 1 0.7 0.1   102 4 3.9 0 0.0 0.1
Radiology - - - - - -   62 9 14.5 4 6.5 0.7   69 8 11.6 4 5.8 0.4
Anesthesiology 29 2 6.9 0 0.0 0.2   60 4 6.7 2 3.3 0.5   52 7 13.5 5 9.6 2.4
Emergency / ICU / CCU 75 23 30.7 17 22.7 3.7   271 62 22.9 43 15.9 2.3   236 70 29.7 40 16.9 2.6
Nephrology 42 8 19.0 4 9.5 1.6   84 14 16.7 8 9.5 1.5   87 26 29.9 17 19.5 2.7
Infectious Disease 58 12 20.7 8 13.8 1.3   227 34 15.0 19 8.4 1.2   246 54 22.0 23 9.3 1.6
Chinese medicine 42 22 52.4 17 40.5 13.3   61 28 45.9 25 41.0 7.6   71 37 52.1 31 43.7 6.6
Overall 1661 532 32.0 386 23.2 7.2   4864 1461 30.0 989 20.3 4.4   5374 1922 35.8 1281 23.8 4.9