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Gastroenterology services in the UK. The burden of disease, and the organisation and delivery of services for gastrointestinal and liver disorders: a review of the evidence.

J G Williams, S E Roberts, M F Ali, W Y Cheung, D R Cohen, G Demery, A Edwards, M Greer, M D Hellier, H A Hutchings and 5 more

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Gut, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Homeopathy for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  3. Role of fluoroquinolones in the primary prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: meta-analysis.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2009
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  7. Early detection of gastrointestinal cancers in low- and middle-income countries: A risk-stratified framework and implementation roadmap.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2026
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  17. [Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Current State of Diagnosis and Treatment and Interpretation of the Clinical Guidelines].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

J G WilliamsCentre for Health Information, Research and EvaLuation (CHIRAL), School of Medicine, University of Wales, Swansea, UK.
S E Roberts
M F Ali
W Y Cheung
D R Cohen
G Demery
A Edwards
M Greer
M D Hellier
H A Hutchings
B Ip
M F Longo
I T Russell
H A Snooks
J C Williams

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Acute DiseaseAdolescentAdultAgedAmbulatory CareChronic DiseaseConsultantsCost of IllnessDelivery of Health CareFamily PracticeFemaleGastroenterologyGastrointestinal DiseasesHealth PolicyHealth WorkforceHospitalization

Identifiers

PMID17303614
PMCPMC1860005

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.