The burden of gastrointestinal disease: Implications for the provision of care in the UK

Gut

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-166

  Hellier, M D ^a   Williams, J G ^b  

^a GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FUNDING; GALLSTONE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; NOTE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33846941960     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.102889     Document Type: Note

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