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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-5-31
pubmed:abstractText
This study assesses the difference in direct medical costs between on-demand treatment with esomeprazole 20 mg, continuous treatment with esomeprazole 20 mg once-daily and continuous treatment with ranitidine 150 mg twice-daily to prevent symptomatic relapse in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease over 26 weeks. Two hundred eighty-one GP clinics in Norway enrolled 2156 patients to an open, randomized, parallel group, Norwegian society perspective study during 2000-2001. The total direct medical costs of each strategy were 171.9 Euros for on-demand esomeprazole (n = 634), 221.6 Euros for ranitidine (n = 610) and 248.8 Euros for continuous esomeprazole (n = 658). The total costs for on-demand and continuous esomeprazole treatment and ranitidine treatment were 221.5, 286.5 and 295.8 Euros, respectively. The highest proportion of costs was because of the study medication cost in each strategy. The on-demand and continuous treatment strategies with esomeprazole were found to be cost-effective, compared with ranitidine.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1368-5031
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
655-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-2-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Six-month management of patients following treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms -- a Norwegian randomized, prospective study comparing the costs and effectiveness of esomeprazole and ranitidine treatment strategies in a general medical practitioners setting.
pubmed:affiliation
Harbitzallèen Legesenter, Oslo, Norway. age.normanhansen@harbitzalleen.onh.no
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Multicenter Study