The most recent United European Gastroenterology (UEG) event, which took place in October in Vienna, considered the health consequences and the burden of digestive health across Europe. It also offered an opportunity to share the latest GI-related thinking. SUZANNE CALLANDER reports.
The results of a major pan-European survey into the burden of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders and the delivery of care was one of the highlights of the 2014 UEG Week.
Presenting the main findings of the ‘Survey of Digestive Health Across Europe,’ 1, 2 Professor Michael Farthing, UEG president and chair of the UEG Future Trends Committee, said: “Gastroenterology is a medical specialty that gets relatively little attention from a policy perspective compared with other specialties and attracts minimal independent research funding. We wanted to take a closer look at the situation today across Europe in order to ensure we prioritise our efforts where it is needed most.”
The survey was commissioned by UEG in 2013 with the aim of bringing together all the available evidence and to provide the most up-to-date information on the human health consequences and public health burden of GI disorders. It was put together by a group of researchers from Swansea University in Wales and it includes a detailed assessment of digestive health across Europe, focusing on the clinical and economic burden of disease and the organisation and delivery of gastroenterology services across 28 European Union member states, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Russia.
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