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1: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2002 Jul;16 Suppl 4:79-82.Click here to read Links

Review article: cost-effectiveness of different GERD management strategies.

Vakil N.

University of Wisconsin Medical School, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA. nvakil@facstaff.wisc.edu

Recent data on gastro-oesophageal reflux disease management strategies suggest that the indirect costs of reflux disease are high, and that inadequate treatment is associated with significant out-patient costs for patients. Long-term management strategies now focus on discontinuous therapy for some subgroups of patients. On-demand therapy is particularly attractive for patients who have no mucosal disease.

PMID: 12047265 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]