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From: Referral from secondary care and to aftercare in a tertiary care university hospital in Japan

Figure 3

Referral from clinics and other hospitals. (A) Kernel density plot of patients referred from clinics and other hospitals. Dark regions represent clustering of these patients. The cross on the map shows the location of Niigata University Hospital. (B) Kernel density plot of the patients who had more complex conditions, i.e., patients who received surgical treatment and patients who had severe complications. (C) Superposition of (A) and (B). The contour represents density shown in (A). (D) Kernel density plot of patients admitted through emergency (filled contour) and patients who were taken to the hospital by ambulance car (contour). Dark contour represents the clusters of patients.

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