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Dyspepsia: key considerations for cost‐effective management
Author(s) -
Cawston Jane,
Evans Norman
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.35
Subject(s) - medicine , key (lock) , interface (matter) , intensive care medicine , risk analysis (engineering) , operations management , computer science , economics , computer security , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , parallel computing
PPI prescribing continues to increase for dyspepsia man agement in the UK and the rising cost suggests that alternative options need to be considered. This article looks at the savings achieved with a policy of stepping down or off PPI therapy, with an alginate for acid rebound or break through symptoms. Copyright © 2007 Wiley Interface Ltd