Gastrointestinal health care resource utilization with chronic use of COX-2-specific inhibitors versus traditional NSAIDs1 1The Institute for Effectiveness Research, LLC, is a subsidiary of Medco Health Solutions, Inc., a Merck Company.
Laine L, Wogen J, Yu H. Gastrointestinal health care resource utilization with chronic use of COX-2-specific inhibitors versus traditional NSAIDs1 1The Institute for Effectiveness Research, LLC, is a subsidiary of Medco Health Solutions, Inc., a Merck Company. Gastroenterology 2003, 125: 389-395. PMID: 12891540, DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(03)00900-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalCohort StudiesCost-Benefit AnalysisCyclooxygenase 2Cyclooxygenase 2 InhibitorsCyclooxygenase InhibitorsFemaleGastrointestinal DiseasesHealth ResourcesHumansIsoenzymesLongitudinal StudiesMaleMembrane ProteinsMiddle AgedProstaglandin-Endoperoxide SynthasesRetrospective StudiesConceptsChronic NSAID therapyCoxib therapyNSAID therapyChronic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapyNonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapyAnti-inflammatory drug therapyHealth care resource utilizationCOX-2-specific inhibitorsU.S. administrative claims databaseMedco Health SolutionsProportion of patientsAdministrative claims databaseGastrointestinal eventsNewer coxibsInitial prescriptionChronic useClaims databaseDrug therapyClinical trialsDrug costsNew NSAIDClinical practicePatientsTherapyAbstractText