Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Hospitalization Costs: A Population-Based Study

Affiliations

Stephanie Coward: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Steven J Heitman: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Fiona Clement: Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
James Hubbard: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Marie-Claude Proulx: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Scott Zimmer: Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Remo Panaccione: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Cynthia Seow: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Yvette Leung: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Neel Datta: Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Subrata Ghosh: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Robert P Myers: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Mark Swain: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gilaad G Kaplan: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hospitalization costs for ulcerative colitis (UC) following the introduction of infliximab have not been evaluated.

ISSN: 2291-2789 (Print); 2291-2797 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720