Delivery of care for functional gastrointestinal disorders: A systematic review.
Chamara BasnayakeMichael A KammMichael R SalzbergAmy Wilson-O'BrienAnnalise StanleyAlexander J ThompsonPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2019)
Despite the high prevalence and cost of treating FGIDs, and the availability of effective treatments, there are few data and limited randomized comparisons reporting the outcome of different types of specialist care. The few data available suggest that multidisciplinary care is superior to gastroenterologist-only care, but this needs to be validated in prospective comparative studies.