Abstract
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is an extremely common clinical problem, resulting in significant morbidity, mortality, and cost. There are over 300,000 hospitalizations annually in the United States for GI bleeding (1), accounting for 1–2% of all hospital admissions (2). A conservative estimate of the overall annual cost of hospital admissions for GI bleeding is $900 million (3), but the true overall cost, including outpatient endoscopic and radiologic investigations, clinic visits, and work days lost, far exceeds this figure.
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Chung, P., Kim, K.E. (2003). Epidemiology of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding. In: Kim, K.E. (eds) Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Clinical Gastroenterology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-299-9_1
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