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A comparison of long-term healthcare utilization and costs in patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis receiving infliximab versus early colectomy

BACKGROUND: Early intervention for acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) improves outcomes. Outcomes and healthcare costs for an infliximab-first and colectomy-first approach were compared. METHODS: This single-center retrospective cohort study of inpatients with steroid-refractory ASUC who receive...

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Autores principales: Vasudevan, Abhinav, Arachchi, Asiri, Scanlon, Cian, Greenhalgh, Jarrod, Van Langenberg, Daniel R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6354298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30728932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2040622319825595