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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)/Nonerosive reflux disease (NERD)
 
Estimated # of pts  
2,964,793  
 
Pt share by specialty   % of physicians


% of department (2% or above)

 
 
  GP   HP
# 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
Internal medicine 1808 1620 89.6 1479 81.8 30.4   1250 993 79.4 828 66.2 16.0
Psychosomatic medicine 40 23 57.5 20 50.0 19.8   45 24 53.3 21 46.7 7.1
Pulmonology 68 56 82.4 51 75.0 25.1   517 349 67.5 272 52.6 8.3
Gastrointestinal medicine 268 260 97.0 243 90.7 50.3   900 818 90.9 747 83.0 20.2
Cardiovascular medicine 216 186 86.1 177 81.9 31.0   958 578 60.3 495 51.7 12.6
Diabetes/Internal secretion department 105 82 78.1 75 71.4 27.3   416 277 66.6 251 60.3 11.2
Rheumatic medicine - - - - - -   142 93 65.5 86 60.6 13.8
Pediatrics/Pediatrics surgery 383 113 29.5 49 12.8 2.2   1034 320 30.9 85 8.2 1.3
Psychiatry 271 105 38.7 73 26.9 4.8   1050 379 36.1 229 21.8 3.1
Neurology 54 35 64.8 22 40.7 8.1   475 231 48.6 168 35.4 6.0
Blood medicine - - - - - -   280 156 55.7 98 35.0 4.6
Surgery (incl. Mammary gland surgery) 420 302 71.9 243 57.9 18.8   828 477 57.6 263 31.8 4.8
Orthopedic surgery 461 164 35.6 136 29.5 6.3   1059 171 16.1 130 12.3 2.2
Rehabilitation - - - - - -   132 64 48.5 39 29.5 3.7
Plastic surgery 48 4 8.3 0 0.0 0.2   144 5 3.5 0 0.0 0.1
Cranial nerves surgery - - - - - -   595 197 33.1 127 21.3 4.2
Gastrointestinal surgery - - - - - -   545 359 65.9 222 40.7 6.4
Respiratory surgery - - - - - -   213 77 36.2 33 15.5 3.4
Cardiovascular surgery - - - - - -   270 85 31.5 60 22.2 4.0
Obstetrics and gynecology 313 81 25.9 40 12.8 2.1   510 72 14.1 28 5.5 0.7
Ophthalmology 371 5 1.3 2 0.5 0.0   291 6 2.1 3 1.0 0.2
Otorhinolaryngology 295 157 53.2 127 43.1 8.5   322 164 50.9 123 38.2 8.8
Dermatology 262 17 6.5 8 3.1 0.5   328 57 17.4 34 10.4 1.7
Urology 139 58 41.7 45 32.4 7.5   473 66 14.0 49 10.4 1.7
Radiology - - - - - -   353 54 15.3 32 9.1 1.1
Anaesthesiology / Pain Clinic / Palliative care department 99 46 46.5 34 34.3 9.5   591 117 19.8 38 6.4 1.3
First aid/ICU - - - - - -   274 90 32.8 34 12.4 1.9
Kidney medicine/dialysis 125 96 76.8 84 67.2 16.5   301 171 56.8 144 47.8 9.1
Oncology/Chemotherapy - - - - - -   52 30 57.7 23 44.2 5.5
Overall 5746 3410 59.3 2908 50.6 17.6   14348 6480 45.2 4662 32.5 6.6