Correlates of gastroenterology health-services utilization among patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease: a large database analysis

• Main Authors: Wasef Na'amnih (Author), Racheli Katz (Author), Sophy Goren (Author), Amir Ben-Tov (Author), Tomer Ziv-Baran (Author), Gabriel Chodick (Author), Khitam Muhsen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is associated with high utilization of health care services. Diagnostic tests usually are not required to establish GERD diagnosis, but endoscopy is recommended for patients with alarm symptoms such as dysphagia and unintentional weight loss...