Open access follow-up for inflammatory bowel disease: A pragmatic randomised trial and costeffectiveness study
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Open access follow up for inflammatory bowel disease: pragmatic randomised trial and cost effectiveness study.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether follow up of patients with inflammatory bowel disease is better through open access than by routine booked appointments. DESIGN Pragmatic randomised controlled trial. SETTING Two district general hospitals in Swansea and Neath, Wales. PARTICIPANTS 180 adults (78 with Crohn's disease, 77 ulcerative or indeterminate colitis, 25 ulcerative or idiopathic proctiti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0016-5085
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(00)85019-2