Acute diverticulitis: an ongoing economic burden on the health system

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Acute diverticulitis: an ongoing economic burden on the health system

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

Description

Background Acute diverticulitis (AD) is an increasingly common cause of acute hospital admissions. An understanding of its economic burden is necessary to plan resource allocation, and for targeting health research funding. The aim of this study is to obtain an accurate estimate of the cost of AD, accounting not only for the initial episode, but all related costs incurred during long-term follow-up. Methods The study captures a cohort of patients who had an initial admission for AD from 1 Jan...

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Research paper

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Article

Date created

2020-10-01

Creator

O'Grady, Michael / Turner, Gregory / Currie, William / Yi, Ma / Frizelle, Frank / Purcell, Rachel

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/28275

Related subjects

Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Science & Technology / Surgery

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