{"id":57628,"date":"2021-12-27T20:51:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T01:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=57628"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:17:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:17:32","slug":"high-gi-spending-reveals-research-public-health-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/high-gi-spending-reveals-research-public-health-need\/","title":{"rendered":"High GI Spending Reveals Research, Public Health Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6036\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 236px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/anne-peery.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6036\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/anne-peery-226x300.jpeg\" alt=\"anne-peery-GI-spending-study\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/anne-peery-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/anne-peery-301x400.jpeg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/anne-peery.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Anne Peery, MD, MSCR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>MD Edge, Internal Medicine<\/em> reports GI, liver, and pancreatic diseases cost the U.S. health care system about $120B per year and account for approximately 250,000 annual deaths, according to a \u201cconservative\u201d estimate from a recent analysis.<\/p>\n<p>These figures emphasize the need for more research funding in the area, along with additional clinical and public health initiatives, says lead author <span class=\"Hyperlink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/anne-peery-md-mscr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anne F. Peery, MD<\/a><\/span>, MSCR, assistant professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReports detailing the burden of GI diseases are necessary for clinical research, decision making, and priority setting,\u201d the investigators wrote in <em>Gastroenterology<\/em>. \u201cOur aim was to describe health care use, expenditures, and research funding across GI, liver, and pancreatic diseases in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdedge.com\/internalmedicine\/article\/250189\/gastroenterology\/high-gi-spending-reveals-research-public-health\">Read the article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MD Edge, Internal Medicine reports GI, liver, and pancreatic diseases cost the U.S. health care system about $120B per year and account for approximately 250,000 annual deaths, according to a \u201cconservative\u201d estimate from a recent analysis. These figures emphasize the need for more research funding in the area, along with additional clinical and public health &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/high-gi-spending-reveals-research-public-health-need\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about High GI Spending Reveals Research, Public Health Need\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69419,"featured_media":6036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[97,2],"tags":[630],"class_list":["post-57628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gastroenterology","category-news","tag-630","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>High GI Spending Reveals Research, Public Health Need | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/high-gi-spending-reveals-research-public-health-need\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"High GI Spending Reveals Research, Public Health Need | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MD Edge, Internal Medicine reports GI, liver, and pancreatic diseases cost the U.S. health care system about $120B per year and account for approximately 250,000 annual deaths, according to a \u201cconservative\u201d estimate from a recent analysis. 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