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Inequities in Rural and Urban Health Care Utilization Among Individuals Diagnosed With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study From Saskatchewan, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rural dwellers with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) face barriers to accessing specialized health services. We aimed to contrast health care utilization between rural and urban residents diagnosed with IBD in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Methods

We completed a population-based retrospective study from 1998/1999 to 2017/2018 using administrative health databases. A validated algorithm was used to identify incident IBD cases aged 18+. Rural/urban residence was assigned at IBD diagnosis. Outpatient (gastroenterology visits, lower endoscopies, and IBD medications claims) and inpatient (IBD-specific and IBD-related hospitalizations, and surgeries for IBD) outcomes were measured after IBD diagnosis. Cox proportional hazard, negative binomial, and logistic models were used to evaluate associations adjusting by sex, age, neighbourhood income quintile, and disease type. Hazard ratios (HR), incidence rate ratios (IRR), odds ratios (OR), and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were reported.

Results

From 5,173 incident IBD cases, 1,544 (29.8%) were living in rural Saskatchewan at IBD diagnosis. Compared to urban dwellers, rural residents had fewer gastroenterology visits (HR = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.77-0.88), were less likely to have a gastroenterologist as primary IBD care provider (OR = 0.60, 95% CI: 0.51-0.70), and had lower endoscopies rates (IRR = 0.92, 95% CI: 0.87-0.98) and more 5-aminosalicylic acid claims (HR = 1.10, 95% CI: 1.02-1.18). Rural residents had a higher risk and rates of IBD-specific (HR = 1.23, 95% CI: 1.13-1.34; IRR = 1.22, 95% CI: 1.09-1.37) and IBD-related (HR = 1.20, 95% CI: 1.11-1.31; IRR = 1.23, 95% CI: 1.10-1.37) hospitalizations than their urban counterparts.

Conclusion

We identified rural-urban disparities in IBD health care utilization that reflect rural-urban inequities in the access to IBD care. These inequities require attention to promote health care innovation and equitable management of patients with IBD living in rural areas.

SUBMITTER: Pena-Sanchez JN

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10071297 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inequities in Rural and Urban Health Care Utilization Among Individuals Diagnosed With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study From Saskatchewan, Canada.

Peña-Sánchez Juan Nicolás JN Osei Jessica Amankwah JA Rohatinsky Noelle N Lu Xinya X Risling Tracie T Boyd Ian I Wicks Kendall K Wicks Mike M Quintin Carol-Lynne CL Dickson Alyssa A Fowler Sharyle A SA

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology 20220514 2

<h4>Background</h4>Rural dwellers with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) face barriers to accessing specialized health services. We aimed to contrast health care utilization between rural and urban residents diagnosed with IBD in Saskatchewan, Canada.<h4>Methods</h4>We completed a population-based retrospective study from 1998/1999 to 2017/2018 using administrative health databases. A validated algorithm was used to identify incident IBD cases aged 18+. Rural/urban residence was assigned at IBD d ...[more]

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