Clinical course and costs of care for Crohn's disease: Markov model analysis of a population-based cohort

✍ Scribed by Marc D. Silverstein*; ‡; §; Edward V. Loftus Jr.∥; William J. Sandborn∥; William J. Tremaine∥; Brian G. Feagan¶; Paul J. Nietert§; W.Scott Harmsen#; Alan R. Zinsmeister#

• Book ID: 118522139
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 161 KB
• Volume: 117
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-5085
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(99)70549-4

✦ Synopsis

Materials and Methods

Design

A population-based retrospective cohort was studied for information on the clinical course and costs of care, and a Markov model analysis was used to calculate projected lifetime clinical course and costs of Crohn's disease by disease severity 1999 by the American Gastroenterological Association