TABLE 33, [Health-care resource use per year per trial arm, according to ITT analysis]. - Clinical and economic evaluation of laparoscopic surgery compared with medical management for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: 5-year follow-up of multicentre randomised trial (the REFLUX trial)

Health-care resource	Year	Reflux-related reasons, n	All reasons, n
Laparoscopic fundoplication (first year)	1	111	10	N/A	N/A
Hospital overnight admissions (excluding surgery in the first year)	1	4	2	8	8
2	1	2	8	10
3	2	9	6	10
4	2	9	2	10
5	0	8	1	11
Total	9	30	25	49
Hospital day admissions	1	22	24	40	53
2	5	4	23	24
3	4	6	4	10
4	12	9	13	11
5	4	11	7	14
Total	47	54	87	112
Visits to and from GP	1	110	103	394	376
2	34	115	269	373
3	38	99	381	386
4	55	126	422	469
5	36	119	404	370
Total	273	562	1870	1974
Number of patients on reflux-related medication	1	58	148	N/A	N/A
2	48	124	N/A	N/A
3	51	113	N/A	N/A
4	51	106	N/A	N/A
5	56	98	N/A	N/A

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Clinical and economic evaluation of laparoscopic surgery compared with medical management for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: 5-year follow-up of multicentre randomised trial (the REFLUX trial).

Health Technology Assessment, No. 17.22.

Grant AM, Boachie C, Cotton SC, et al.

Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2013 Jun.

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Health-care resource	Year	Reflux-related reasons, n		All reasons, n
Health-care resource	Year	Surgery (n = 178)	Medical management (n = 179)	Surgery (n = 178)	Medical management (n = 179)
Laparoscopic fundoplication (first year)	1	111	10	N/A	N/A
Hospital overnight admissions (excluding surgery in the first year)	1	4	2	8	8
	2	1	2	8	10
	3	2	9	6	10
	4	2	9	2	10
	5	0	8	1	11
	Total	9	30	25	49
Hospital day admissions	1	22	24	40	53
	2	5	4	23	24
	3	4	6	4	10
	4	12	9	13	11
	5	4	11	7	14
	Total	47	54	87	112
Visits to and from GP	1	110	103	394	376
	2	34	115	269	373
	3	38	99	381	386
	4	55	126	422	469
	5	36	119	404	370
	Total	273	562	1870	1974
Number of patients on reflux-related medication	1	58	148	N/A	N/A
	2	48	124	N/A	N/A
	3	51	113	N/A	N/A
	4	51	106	N/A	N/A
	5	56	98	N/A	N/A