Multiple physician visits after restricting the prescription of compresses/patches in a Japanese rural community: preliminary results

[...]approximately 10% of patients (n=6) reported visiting multiple physicians due to the restriction on C/P prescription. Profile of groups with and without multiple physician visits after implementation of restrictions on the prescription of compresses/patches Acknowledgements The authors thank Gifu Primary Care and Community Medicine Research Net Group for their assistance in conducting the study. Ban Tetsuaki, National Health Insurance Kukuno Clinic, Gifu, Japan Hideo Hirose, National Health Insurance Wara Clinic, Gifu, Japan Hiroyuki Teraura and Kazuhiko Kotani, Division of Community and Family Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan Tadao Gotoh, National Health Insurance Shirotori Hospital, Gifu, Japan