Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for coming to testify before the committee.
One can readily see an upward trend in the tables on pages 4 and 5. However, sometimes statistics also say something else. Can we say that there was a need and that it developed, or that people were embarrassed at first and then expressed the wish to be treated? Is that the main cause of the increase? Otherwise, is it a real upward trend?
Furthermore, are these all people who are treated at outpatient clinics? Are there any hospitalization cases? Do they spend a morning, a day or two at an outpatient clinic? How have these figures been distributed?