Evaluation of the Cost-Utility of the York Faecal Calprotectin Care Pathway

Background: Lower gastrointestinal symptoms are common in the general population and it can be difficult to discriminate between inflammatory bowel disease (IBS) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBD) due to overlap of symptoms. The York Fecal Calprotectin Care Pathway (YFCCP) was introduced in 2016 as an alternative to the NICE fecal calprotectin pathway (DG11). This analysis uses the prospective data from the first 1005 patients in the YFCCP....