The impact on hospital resource utilisation of treatment of hepatic encephalopathy with rifaximin-
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- 作者：James G. Orr ; Craig J. Currie ; Ellen Berni ; Anurag Goel ; Kieran J. Moriarty ; Ashish Sinha ; Fiona Gordon ; Anne Dethier ; John F. Dillon ; Katie Clark ; Paul Richardson ; Paul Middleton ; Vishal Patel ; Debbie Shawcross ; Helen Preedy ; Richard J. Aspinall and Mark Hudson
- 刊名：Liver International
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：September 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：36
- 期：9
- 页码：1295-1303
- 全文大小：321K
- ISSN：1478-3231
文摘
Rifaximin-α reduces the risk of recurrence of overt hepatic encephalopathy. However, there remain concerns regarding the financial cost of the drug. We aimed to study the impact of treatment with rifaximin-α on healthcare resource utilisation using data from seven UK liver treatment centres.