… Our objective was to comprehensively assess the health care use and costs for IBS patients
in … health care use and severity of abdominal pain/discomfort in this managed care setting. …

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a multisymptom condition defined by abdominal pain, … For
health care providers, it offers an opportunity to improve their treatment of IBS patients, who …

… In the last two decades, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has gained considerable attention
in the health-care field due to its increasingly high prevalence, sometimes debilitating effects …

… OR IBS OR irritable colon OR functional bowel disease OR … health care costs OR health
service costs OR health expenditure OR health resources OR health care utilisation OR health …

… course of complaints, the health care seeking behaviour, and … bowel syndrome (IBS)
attending the general practitioner (GP). Aim. To study health status, lifestyle, and use of health care …

… bowel syndrome (IBS) may lead to considerable impairment of health-related quality of life
and high health care … from severe bowel symptoms or reflect a coexisting psychiatric disorder. …

… subdividing the irntable bowel syndrome (IBS) into subgroups based on bowel habit is
largely … bowel patterns may not identify clinically distinct entities. Am J Epidemiol 1995;142:76-83. …

… drive subjects with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to seek medical care, but this issue has …
Aim—To identify whether psychological factors or abuse explain health care seeking for IBS…

… Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a clinical syndrome in which chronic abdominal
discomfort or pain occur with disturbed bowel habit not explained by an established organic or …

… bowel syndrome (IBS) is common in the population, but not all subjects seek professional
health care … consulters in secondary/tertiary care with those in primary care and non-consulters …