Health-care resource use and costs associated with inflammatory bowel disease in northwest London: a retrospective linked database study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With 20-40% of patients who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) not responding to therapy, resource use and costs can be high. We performed a descriptive analysis of health-care data for IBD management in the National Health Service to explore potential areas for improvement.

Methods

In this exploratory study, we analysed real-world data from the Discover dataset for adults with a diagnosis of incident IBD recorded in northwest London, UK, between 31 March, 2016, and 31 March, 2020. We compared mean visit numbers and primary and secondary care costs per patient to examine resource use and costs for active disease versus remission.

Results

We included 7,733 patients (5,872 with ulcerative colitis [UC], 1,427 with Crohn's disease [CD], and 434 with codes fo

SUBMITTER: Ui-Haq Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11684289 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature