Pain symptoms and stooling patterns do not drive diagnostic costs for children with functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in primary or tertiary care

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 758-764

  Lane, Mariella M ^a,b   Weidler, Erica M ^b,c   Czyzewski, Danita I ^a,b   Shulman, Robert J ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic abdominal pain; Cost of care; Functional abdominal pain; Gastrointestinal symptoms; Irritable bowel syndrome; Recurrentabdominal pain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELECONSULTATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFECATION; ECONOMICS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63149179268     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0227     Document Type: Article

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