Capsule endoscopy in suspected small bowel Crohn’s disease: Economic impact of disease diagnosis and treatment

Figure 1 One-year cost model for diagnosis and management of suspected Crohn’s disease (CD) of the small bowel with ileo-colonoscopy as first-line diagnostic technique. SBFT: Small bowel follow-through; CE: Capsule endoscopy.

Figure 2 One-year cost model for diagnosis and management of suspected CD of the small bowel with ileo-colonoscopy/SBFT or capsule endoscopy as first-line diagnostic technique. CT: Computed tomography.

Figure 3 Monte carlo simulation at Ileo-colonoscopy. A: Monte carlo simulation at SBFT; B: Monte carlo simulation at CE.

Figure 4 Sensitivity analysis on CE sensitivity and specificity. A: Sensitivity analysis on sens_CE; B: Sensitivity analysis on spec_CE.