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Cost savings of reduced constipation rates attributed to increased dietary fiber intakes: a decision-analytic model

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, April 2014
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
Cost savings of reduced constipation rates attributed to increased dietary fiber intakes: a decision-analytic model
Published in
BMC Public Health, April 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-14-374
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Authors

Jordana K Schmier, Paige E Miller, Jessica A Levine, Vanessa Perez, Kevin C Maki, Tia M Rains, Latha Devareddy, Lisa M Sanders, Dominik D Alexander

Abstract

Nearly five percent of Americans suffer from functional constipation, many of whom may benefit from increasing dietary fiber consumption. The annual constipation-related healthcare cost savings associated with increasing intakes may be considerable but have not been examined previously. The objective of the present study was to estimate the economic impact of increased dietary fiber consumption on direct medical costs associated with constipation.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Austria 1 2%
Unknown 56 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 14 25%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 14%
Researcher 7 12%
Student > Master 6 11%
Student > Postgraduate 5 9%
Other 8 14%
Unknown 9 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 17 30%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 21%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 12%
Arts and Humanities 2 4%
Social Sciences 2 4%
Other 5 9%
Unknown 12 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 42. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 March 2024.
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#940,822
of 24,527,525 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#1,007
of 16,204 outputs
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#9,204
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#16
of 260 outputs
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