Data were submitted to descriptive and inferential analysis using Spearman's Correlation Test to verify possible correlations among the scores of these instruments.

The statistical procedures (SPSS v24) included descriptive and inferential analysis for public healthcare and pharmaceutical expenditure according to the period of study and ideology.

Descriptive and inferential analyses were utilized to analyze the data using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS®) version 21 software.

Results: Inferential analysis of the hierarchical testing of overall treatment differences in each MOGISS symptom AUC occurred in a predefined sequence starting with Abdominal Pain.