Healthcare and economic impact of diarrhea in patients with carcinoid syndrome

Figure 1 Flow diagram of study cohort. ¹The first claim with a diagnosis code for carcinoid syndrome during 2003-2011 was defined as the index date.

Figure 2 Adjusted proportions of overall and carcinoid syndrome-related hospitalization and mean total costs. A: Adjusted proportion of patients with any hospitalization and carcinoid syndrome-related hospitalization by evidence of non-infectious diarrhea; B: Adjusted mean total annual costs by evidence of non-infectious diarrhea. Results were adjusted by age, gender, region, number of chronic conditions and the Charlson Comorbidity Index.