Piles of Money: "Hemorrhoids" Are a Billion-Dollar Industry.
Am J Gastroenterol
; 114(5): 716-717, 2019 05.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30998519
ABSTRACT
Two persistent problems confront anyone wishing to gauge the public-health cost and impact of hemorrhoids. First, there is the slipperiness of the term "hemorrhoids," which both patients and physicians use with imprecision. Second, there is endoscopic over-diagnosis of prominent anal cushions as internal hemorrhoids. While these factors both inflate the apparent cost of hemorrhoids, the fact remains that hemorrhoid diagnosis and treatment has become a billion-dollar industry.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Hemorroidas
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Gastroenterol
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article