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Original Articles

The Clinical Diagnosis of ‘Gastritis’

Aspects of Demographic Epidemiology and Health Care Consumption Based on a Nationwide Sample Survey

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Pages 216-219 | Received 27 Dec 1982, Accepted 17 May 1983, Published online: 30 Apr 2018
 

Abstract

The health care resources required by patients clinically considered to have gastritis were studied during a 3-year period. The assessment was based on data from a nationwide sample study covering all outpatient care in Sweden. Gastritis, the fourth commonest diagnosis in general practice, accounted for 2% of all outpatient consultations and for 31% of those for gastroenterological disorders. The estimated minimal number of annual consultations for gastritis was 4500 per 100,000 inhabitants. Seventy-two per cent of the patients with gastritis had previously sought medical advice for similar symptoms. Our results indicate that the patient group traditionally denoted as gastritis constitutes a major health care problem in our community, which should be met by a thorough epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory characterization.

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