Natural history of peptic ulcer disease in Poland. VI. Treatment process in peptic ulcer disease.

The analysis of the treatment process in peptic ulcer disease based on the informative databank "Ulcer" used the numbers of outpatients and inpatients treated by conservative or surgical methods. Data are presented also concerning the number and total times of transient working disability due to peptic ulcer, and the effect of treatment by one physician or by several physicians on the treatment process.