The health economic impact of upper gastrointestinal symptoms in the general population: Results from the Domestic/International Gastroenterology Surveillance Study (DIGEST)

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Supplement

Volumn 33, Issue 34, 1999, Pages 38-47

  Haycox, A ^a   Einarson, T ^b   Eggleston, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Consultation; Dyspepsia; Economics; Gastrointestinal; Hospitalization; Investigati ons; Medications; Productivity; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; AGED; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DYSPEPSIA; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; ITALY; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; DYSPEPSIA; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ITALY; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCANDINAVIA; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0032607537     PISSN: 00855928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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