title: [A survey of awareness among new patients at the department of oral diagnosis and general dentistry].
abstract: The purpose of this study is to know the outline of clinical statistics of new patients at the Clinic for Initial Diagnosis/Emergency, Dental Hospital, Tokyo Medical and Dental University. We examined 1,001 new patients who visited our hospital from 19 October to 8 December 1995. The results were obtained as follows: 1. Our subjects were 1,001 patients, males were 357(35.7%) and females 644(64.3%). The ratio of male to female was 1:1.8. 2. Concerning age distribution, the majorities were in their twenties and fifties in order. 3. 71.5% of patients said it took less than one hour for them to come to our hospital. 4. The rate of introduced patients was 5.5% of all the new patients.
authors.affiliation: Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Oral Health Care, Division of Comprehensive Patient Care, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oshio
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mataki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kurosaki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003625:Data Collection; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010361:Patients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014041:Tokyo