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*Cost of care in millions
Gastrointestinal infections
• Hospital stay: $165.6
• Ambulatory care: $65.8
Viral hepatitis
• Hospital stay: $61.3
• Ambulatory care: $68
Digestive cancers
• Hospital stay: $555.3
• Ambulatory care: $67.7
Functional intestinal disorders
• Hospital stay: $154.2
• Ambulatory care: $137.7
Inflammatory Bowel disease
• Hospital stay: $141.5
• Ambulatory care: $36.6
All digestive disease
• Hospital stay: $5,795.2
• Ambulatory care: $1,876.2
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