Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 6 , Pages 1907-1913, December 2008

Direct Health Care Costs of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in US Children and Adults

  • Michael D. Kappelman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Michael D. Kappelman, MD, MPH, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 200 Mason Farm Road, Campus Box 7229, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599. fax: (919) 966-8641
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  • Sheryl L. Rifas–Shiman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Care, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Carol Q. Porter

      Affiliations

    • Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Daniel A. Ollendorf

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Robert S. Sandler

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Joseph A. Galanko

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Jonathan A. Finkelstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Care, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 30 April 2008; accepted 4 September 2008. published online 18 September 2008.

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 The authors disclose the following: Supported in part by National Center for Research Resources grant 1K12 RR023248-04 (to M.D.K.) and National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases grant 5P30 DK034987 (to M.D.K.).

PII: S0016-5085(08)01675-2

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.09.012

Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 6 , Pages 1907-1913, December 2008

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