SBIR/STTR Research Award
WITH THE GROWTH OF COMMUNITY-BASED GASTROENTEROLOGISTS, THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH GASTRIC ULCER DISEASE HAS SHIFTED FROMTHE ACADEMIC CENTER TO THE COMMUNITY.
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Technology Evaluation Network
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
WITH THE GROWTH OF COMMUNITY-BASED GASTROENTEROLOGISTS, THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH GASTRIC ULCER DISEASE HAS SHIFTED FROMTHE ACADEMIC CENTER TO THE COMMUNITY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TWOFOLD: (1) TO DEFINE THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION OF PATIENTS WITH GASTRIC ULCER DISEASE CARED FOR BY A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY-BASED PRACTICING GASTROENTEROLOGISTS (15 COOPERATING CENTERS); AND(2) TO DETERMINE THOSE CHARACTERISTICS PREDICTIVE OF SEVERE ULCER DISEASE. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACADEMIC- AND COMMUNITY-BASED POPULATIONS WILL BE EXAMINED. THE POTENTIAL OF A NETWORK SUCH AS THIS FOR PROVIDING NEW DRUG OR TECHNOLOGY EVALUATIONS WILL ALSO BE EXPLORED.
Technology keywords
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