Treatment of celiac disease involves a gluten-free diet (i.e., a diet with no wheat, rye, or barley proteins). A wide range of gluten-free wheat substitutes are specifically manufactured for patients with celiac disease. Gluten is a protein with limited nutritional value than can be replaced by other dietary proteins.
Generally, average weekly wages are roughly equal to the total amount of compensation an employee earned in the 52-week period prior to an injury or illness that resulted in workers' compensation benefits, divided by 52.
The Medical Economics study found that physicians in the Western region of the country saw the largest dropoff in patient visits from an average of 89 patients per week in 2013 to 83 in 2014. By contrast, physicians in the South saw average weekly patients fall from 98 to 94.