Utilization of Health Care Resources by Individuals with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the United States: A Profile of Time since Diagnosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 650-655

  Longobardi, Teresa ^b   Jacobs, Phillip ^b   Bernstein, Charles N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342548226     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.04132.x     Document Type: Article

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