Trends and demographic patterns in biologic and corticosteroid prescriptions for inflammatory bowel disease: findings from electronic medical records, 2011-2020.

ABSTRACT: Prescriptions for biologic therapy for treatment of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) have increased during the past two decades; however, trends are less clear regarding corticosteroid prescriptions in this context. We designed a cross-sectional study using the IQVIA Ambulatory Electronic Medical Records databases. Weighted linear regressions by age group were used to estimate annual percentage change from 2011 to 2020 in prescriptions for biologics and for corticosteroids among patients with or without biologic prescriptions within the same calendar year. Using 2019 data, we compared patient demographic and lifestyle risk factors using χ² test for biologic prescriptions and corticosteroids with or without biologics prescriptions. There was an 11% (CD) and 16% (U

SUBMITTER: Xu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10468819 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature