Author's Reply: “A retrospective analysis of treatment patterns, drug discontinuation and healthcare costs in Crohn's disease patients treated with biologics”

We thank and appreciate Dr. Masood and Dr. Khalid's interest in our work and the relevance they gave to our study [1,2]. Most of the comments regard the fact that our analysis was not addressing and considering clinical outcomes and complications which are extremely important for the management of Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) patients. The answer lies in the definition of the current analysis. The design was that of an observational retrospective analysis based on data derived from Italian administrative databases, extracted from a subsample of Italian Local Health Units (LHUs).
Source: Digestive and Liver Disease - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research