Irritable bowel syndrome: Diagnosis in the managed care era

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1105-1111

  Longstreth, George F ^a,b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Functional bowel disorder; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; IRRITABLE COLON; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECTUM BIOPSY; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0030759781     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018864915375     Document Type: Review

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