The Economic Burden of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Canada
In the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), medical practitioners and policymakers face the task of providing both high quality and cost effective medical care for a condition with no certain cure. To date, studies have examined only total medical costs to patients with symptoms consistent w...
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| author | Judith D Bentkover Christopher Field Evelyn M Greene Victor Plourde Julian P Casciano |
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| description | In the treatment
of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), medical practitioners and
policymakers face the task of providing both high quality and cost
effective medical care for a condition with no certain cure. To
date, studies have examined only total medical costs to patients
with symptoms consistent with an IBS diagnosis. However, these
studies have not examined the direct and indirect costs incurred in
the course of treatment for IBS, excluding the costs of unrelated
medical conditions. Because patients with IBS have been shown
to differ significantly from non-IBS patients in their desire to seek
medical care, one cannot consider solely the cost differential in
medical costs for IBS and non-IBS patients. The present study examines
a set of patients who have been diagnosed with IBS and
seek medical care for IBS. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5ef614d285fa4298848183ebf0532f5a2025-02-03T01:20:40ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79001999-01-0113Suppl A89A96A10.1155/1999/569613The Economic Burden of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in CanadaJudith D Bentkover0Christopher Field1Evelyn M Greene2Victor Plourde3Julian P Casciano4Innovative Health Solutions, Brookline, USAKPMG Peat Marwick, Boston, Massachusetts, USAKPMG Peat Marwick, Boston, Massachusetts, USAUniversité de Montréal, Campus Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, CanadaInnovative Health Solutions, Brookline, USAIn the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), medical practitioners and policymakers face the task of providing both high quality and cost effective medical care for a condition with no certain cure. To date, studies have examined only total medical costs to patients with symptoms consistent with an IBS diagnosis. However, these studies have not examined the direct and indirect costs incurred in the course of treatment for IBS, excluding the costs of unrelated medical conditions. Because patients with IBS have been shown to differ significantly from non-IBS patients in their desire to seek medical care, one cannot consider solely the cost differential in medical costs for IBS and non-IBS patients. The present study examines a set of patients who have been diagnosed with IBS and seek medical care for IBS.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/569613 |
| spellingShingle | Judith D Bentkover Christopher Field Evelyn M Greene Victor Plourde Julian P Casciano The Economic Burden of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Canada Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | The Economic Burden of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Canada |
| title_full | The Economic Burden of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Canada |
| title_fullStr | The Economic Burden of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Canada |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Economic Burden of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Canada |
| title_short | The Economic Burden of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Canada |
| title_sort | economic burden of irritable bowel syndrome in canada |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/569613 |
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