Open AccessDirect costs of carcinoid syndrome diarrhea among adults in the United States
Author(s) -
Arvind Dasari,
Vijay N. Joish,
Raül PérezOllé,
Samyukta Dharba,
Kavitha Balaji,
Daniel M. Halperin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v25.i47.6857
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , medical prescription , emergency department , population , descriptive statistics , emergency medicine , family medicine , pediatrics , environmental health , psychiatry , economics , pharmacology , economic growth , statistics , mathematics
The burden of carcinoid syndrome (CS) among patients with neuroendocrine tumors is substantial and has been shown to result in increased healthcare resource use and costs. The incremental burden of CS diarrhea (CSD) is less well understood, particularly among working age adults who make up a large proportion of the population of patients with CS.