TY - JOUR
T1 - Resource utilization associated with irritable bowel syndrome in the United States 1987-1997
AU - Shih, Ya Chen Tina
AU - Barghout, Victoria E.
AU - Sandler, Robert S.
AU - Jhingran, Priti
AU - Sasane, Medha
AU - Cook, Suzanne
AU - Gibbons, David C.
AU - Halpern, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support was provided by GlaxoSmithKline Inc. research grant RES41049 Address for reprint requests: Ya-Chen Tina Shih, Ph.D., 7101 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 600, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - This study uses national databases to examine the impact of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) on resource utilization in the United States. Approximately 1.5-2.7 million physician visits (599-1043 per 100,000) yearly were related to IBS, with 45.3% seen by gastroenterologists, and 89% prescribed medications. Rates of physician visits by women were approximately 2.4-3.3 times higher than that for men. The average number of medication prescribed per visit was 1.83. Approximately 89% of the visits were prescribed with medications. The rate of hospitalization (5.1 per 100,000 in 1997) decreased by 60% and length of stay decreased from 5.5 to 3.1 days in the past decade. The average charges of IBS-related hospitalization were US$7,882. Our study found an apparent decreasing trend of IBS-related hospitalizations and no marked increase in office consultations in the past decade. However, a better case identification criterion is necessary to estimate the true disease burden.
AB - This study uses national databases to examine the impact of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) on resource utilization in the United States. Approximately 1.5-2.7 million physician visits (599-1043 per 100,000) yearly were related to IBS, with 45.3% seen by gastroenterologists, and 89% prescribed medications. Rates of physician visits by women were approximately 2.4-3.3 times higher than that for men. The average number of medication prescribed per visit was 1.83. Approximately 89% of the visits were prescribed with medications. The rate of hospitalization (5.1 per 100,000 in 1997) decreased by 60% and length of stay decreased from 5.5 to 3.1 days in the past decade. The average charges of IBS-related hospitalization were US$7,882. Our study found an apparent decreasing trend of IBS-related hospitalizations and no marked increase in office consultations in the past decade. However, a better case identification criterion is necessary to estimate the true disease burden.
KW - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
KW - Irritable bowel syndrome
KW - National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
KW - National Disease and Therapeutic Index
KW - National Hospital Discharge Survey
KW - National Inpatient Sample
KW - Resource utilization
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1016471923384
DO - 10.1023/A:1016471923384
M3 - Article
C2 - 12184519
AN - SCOPUS:0036335810
SN - 0163-2116
VL - 47
SP - 1705
EP - 1715
JO - Digestive diseases and sciences
JF - Digestive diseases and sciences
IS - 8
ER -