title: Review article: cost-effectiveness of different GERD management strategies.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin Medical School, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA. nvakil@facstaff.wisc.edu
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authors.lastname: Vakil
mesh_terms: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D016527:Drug Costs; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents