Biological and steroid use in relationship to quality measures in older patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a US Medicare cohort study

OBJECTIVES: To examine the frequency and predictors of antitumour necrosis factor (TNF) use, and to describe steroid utilisation among US patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) aged 65 years and older prior to the publication of a new Medicare quality measure calling for the use of anti-TNFs...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Sophia L, Bartels, Christie M, Palta, Mari, Thorpe, Carolyn T, Weiss, Jennifer M, Smith, Maureen A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
Materias:
Health Policy
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4563221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26346875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008597

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4563221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26346875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008597

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