Irritable bowel syndromediagnosisMedical recordsPharmacoeconomicsObjective: This study developed and validated a claims-based algorithm for identifying patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and investigated the characteristics of patients associated with a correct identification. Methods: Using a ...
In addition, few of the confounding factor are missed due to unavailability of the ICD-10 codes for them. In conclusion, IBS patients have higher prevalence of somatic comorbidities like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Both IBS-C and IBS-D were independently associated with increased ...