Health-care utilization, costs, and the burden of disease related to eosinophilic esophagitis in the United States

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 626-632

  Jensen, Elizabeth T ^a   Kappelman, Michael D ^a   Martin, Christopher F ^a   Dellon, Evan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE BURDEN; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; AMBULATORY CARE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION FEES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928927367     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2014.316     Document Type: Article

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