Quality of Life in Managed Care Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Managed Care Interface

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 24-28+34

  Wilson, Alisa ^a   Longstreth, George F ^b   Knight, Kevin ^a   Wong, John ^a   Wade, Sally ^a   Chiou, Chiun Fang ^a   Barghout, Victoria ^c   Frech, Feride ^c   Ofman, Joshua J ^d  

^a Zynx Health   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36 HEALTH SURVEY INSTRUMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1142298618     PISSN: 10965645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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