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Acute diverticulitis: an ongoing economic burden on the health system

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Acute diverticulitis (AD) is an increasingly common cause of acute hospital admissions. An understanding of its economic burden is necessary to plan resource allocation, and for targeting health research funding.… Click to show full abstract

Acute diverticulitis (AD) is an increasingly common cause of acute hospital admissions. An understanding of its economic burden is necessary to plan resource allocation, and for targeting health research funding. The aim of this study is to obtain an accurate estimate of the cost of AD, accounting not only for the initial episode, but all related costs incurred during long‐term follow‐up.

Keywords: health; diverticulitis ongoing; economic burden; acute diverticulitis

Journal Title: ANZ Journal of Surgery
Year Published: 2020

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