Health care resource utilization and costs of nsaid-induced gastrointestinal toxicity: A population-based study in Switzerland

Digestion

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-19

  Delcò, Fabiola ^a,d   Michetti, Pierre ^b   Beglinger, Christoph ^a   Fried, Michael ^c   Szucs, Thomas D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Costs; Gastrointestinal toxicity; NSAIDs; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ACEMETACIN; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; LANSOPRAZOLE; MEFENAMIC ACID; MISOPROSTOL; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PROTECTIVE AGENT; RABEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE; ROFECOXIB;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; COST OF ILLNESS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; SWEDEN;

EID: 1542723404     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076542     Document Type: Article

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