Health Care Resource Use and Costs for Crohn’s Disease before and after Infliximab Therapy

BACKGROUND: Infliximab therapy in patients with Crohn’s disease decreases resource use; however, the overall impact on health-related expenditures is unclear, especially beyond one year of study.

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Main Authors: Dustin E Loomes, Christopher Teshima, Philip Jacobs, Richard Fedorak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/157604
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spelling doaj-a69ddb9bb80045b9b3dc51fcfee4a69f2020-11-24T22:30:28ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002011-01-0125949750210.1155/2011/157604Health Care Resource Use and Costs for Crohn’s Disease before and after Infliximab TherapyDustin E Loomes0Christopher Teshima1Philip Jacobs2Richard Fedorak3Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaBACKGROUND: Infliximab therapy in patients with Crohn’s disease decreases resource use; however, the overall impact on health-related expenditures is unclear, especially beyond one year of study.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/157604
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author Dustin E Loomes
Christopher Teshima
Philip Jacobs
Richard Fedorak
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Christopher Teshima
Philip Jacobs
Richard Fedorak
Health Care Resource Use and Costs for Crohn’s Disease before and after Infliximab Therapy
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
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Christopher Teshima
Philip Jacobs
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title Health Care Resource Use and Costs for Crohn’s Disease before and after Infliximab Therapy
title_short Health Care Resource Use and Costs for Crohn’s Disease before and after Infliximab Therapy
title_full Health Care Resource Use and Costs for Crohn’s Disease before and after Infliximab Therapy
title_fullStr Health Care Resource Use and Costs for Crohn’s Disease before and after Infliximab Therapy
title_full_unstemmed Health Care Resource Use and Costs for Crohn’s Disease before and after Infliximab Therapy
title_sort health care resource use and costs for crohn’s disease before and after infliximab therapy
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
issn 0835-7900
publishDate 2011-01-01
description BACKGROUND: Infliximab therapy in patients with Crohn’s disease decreases resource use; however, the overall impact on health-related expenditures is unclear, especially beyond one year of study.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/157604
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