Urban-Rural Differences in Health Care Utilization for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the USA, 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urban-rural differences in IBD-specific health care utilization at the national level have not been examined in the USA.

Aims

We compared urban and rural rates of IBD-related office visits and IBD-specific (Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC)) hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits.

Methods

From multiple national data sources, we compared national rates using Z test and compared estimates of patient and hospital characteristics and hospitalization outcomes between urban and rural areas using Chi-square and t tests.

Results

In 2015 and 2016, digestive disease-related office visit rates, per 100 adults, were 3.1 times higher in urban than in rural areas (8.7 vs 2.8, P < 0.001). In 2017, age-adjusted rates per 100,000 adults w

SUBMITTER: Xu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478171 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature