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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)/Nonerosive reflux disease (NERD) - # of Pts prescribed
PatientsMap   # of physicians in Japan   E. Magnification   F. Estimated number of patients
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A. # of respondents   B. Avg. # of pts   C. Ultmark   D. Adjusted   # of patients   % of patients
  (Avg. # of pts prescribed/month)   Composition of specialty   B x (A x E)  
    x Total # of physicians    
  HP GP   HP GP   HP GP   HP GP   HP GP   HP GP Total   HP GP Total
Internal medicine 1,250 1,808   14.7 28.5   31,460 44,869   27,793 39,640   22.2 21.9   407,851 1,129,596 1,537,448   14.9 41.2 56.1
Surgery (incl. Mammary gland surgery) 828 420   4.4 17.5   18,436 13,001   16,287 11,486   19.7 27.3   71,208 201,466 272,673   2.6 7.3 9.9
Gastrointestinal medicine 900 268   17.8 44.9   7,727 3,180   6,826 2,809   7.6 10.5   121,594 126,013 247,607   4.4 4.6 9.0
Cardiovascular medicine 958 216   11.8 29.1   8,824 2,676   7,796 2,364   8.1 10.9   92,115 68,877 160,991   3.4 2.5 5.9
Orthopedic surgery 1,059 461   2.0 5.6   13,516 9,742   11,941 8,607   11.3 18.7   23,532 48,596 72,128   0.9 1.8 2.6
Otorhinolaryngology 322 295   8.0 7.9   4,353 5,916   3,846 5,226   11.9 17.7   30,956 41,121 72,077   1.1 1.5 2.6
Pulmonology 517 68   7.9 22.8   4,836 1,276   4,272 1,127   8.3 16.6   33,559 25,712 59,271   1.2 0.9 2.2
Psychiatry 1,050 271   2.9 4.3   11,484 3,652   10,146 3,226   9.7 11.9   29,538 13,786 43,325   1.1 0.5 1.6
Diabetes/Internal secretion department 416 105   9.9 24.8   2,793 764   2,467 675   5.9 6.4   24,521 16,707 41,227   0.9 0.6 1.5
Kidney medicine/dialysis 301 125   8.2 15.6   2,671 737   2,360 651   7.8 5.2   19,371 10,142 29,513   0.7 0.4 1.1
Neurology 475 54   5.7 8.0   4,307 805   3,805 711   8.0 13.2   21,540 5,689 27,230   0.8 0.2 1.0
Pediatrics/Pediatrics surgery 1,034 383   1.1 2.0   11,603 7,532   10,251 6,654   9.9 17.4   11,748 13,534 25,282   0.4 0.5 0.9
Cranial nerves surgery 595 -   3.8 -   6,423 -   5,674 -   9.5 -   21,429 - 21,429   0.8 - 0.8
Urology 473 139   1.6 7.1   5,404 2,130   4,774 1,882   10.1 13.5   7,499 13,443 20,942   0.3 0.5 0.8
Anaesthesiology / Pain Clinic / Palliative care department 591 99   1.1 9.0   8,347 1,402   7,374 1,239   12.5 12.5   7,986 11,185 19,170   0.3 0.4 0.7
Obstetrics and gynecology 510 313   0.6 1.8   7,789 6,380   6,881 5,636   13.5 18.0   4,264 10,426 14,690   0.2 0.4 0.5
Gastrointestinal surgery 545 -   5.7 -   2,549 -   2,252 -   4.1 -   12,912 - 12,912   0.5 - 0.5
Psychosomatic medicine 45 40   6.0 18.3   367 654   324 578   7.2 14.4   1,938 10,588 12,526   0.1 0.4 0.5
Rheumatic medicine 142 -   13.3 -   838 -   740 -   5.2 -   9,822 - 9,822   0.4 - 0.4
Blood medicine 280 -   4.3 -   2,386 -   2,108 -   7.5 -   9,011 - 9,011   0.3 - 0.3
Dermatology 328 262   1.6 0.5   4,440 5,704   3,923 5,039   12.0 19.2   6,099 2,635 8,734   0.2 0.1 0.3
Cardiovascular surgery 270 -   3.9 -   2,358 -   2,083 -   7.7 -   8,178 - 8,178   0.3 - 0.3
Radiology 353 -   0.8 -   6,128 -   5,414 -   15.3 -   4,402 - 4,402   0.2 - 0.2
First aid/ICU 274 -   1.6 -   2,260 -   1,997 -   7.3 -   3,199 - 3,199   0.1 - 0.1
Rehabilitation 132 -   3.5 -   913 -   807 -   6.1 -   2,793 - 2,793   0.1 - 0.1
Respiratory surgery 213 -   3.0 -   971 -   858 -   4.0 -   2,594 - 2,594   0.1 - 0.1
Oncology/Chemotherapy 52 -   4.8 -   506 -   447 -   8.6 -   2,158 - 2,158   0.1 - 0.1
Ophthalmology 291 371   0.1 0.0   5,353 8,569   4,729 7,570   16.3 20.4   699 326 1,025   0.0 0.0 0.0
Plastic surgery 144 48   0.1 0.2   2,169 979   1,916 865   13.3 18.0   133 180 313   0.0 0.0 0.0
Overall 14,348 5,746   - -   181,211 119,968   160,091 105,986   - -   992,649 1,750,024 2,742,673   36.2 63.8 100.0
*HP=100 beds or more
*GP=99 beds or less		 *Dental surgery and Other are eliminated *Respondents who work for multiple institutions
are counted at the institution with the highest # of beds
*Latest data
*Respondents with unknown # of beds and specialty are eliminated		 *Total # of physicians was from the statistics of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Latest data)
The # of physicians with omitted specialty were excluded from the calculation.