Effects of introduction of an inflammatory bowel disease nurse position on healthcare use.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are chronic relapsing remitting diseases which potentially result in hospitalisation, requiring long-term outpatient follow-up, ideally by a dedicated, multidisciplinary team. In this team, the IBD nurse is the key point of access for education, advice and support.The aim of this study was to assess the impact of introduction of an IBD nurse position on healthcare use and costs in a tertiary IBD centre.

Methods

An IBD nurse was instituted in September 2017 in our multidisciplinary IBD team. We compared differences in healthcare use 1 year before and 1 year after the introduction of an IBD nurse position for all the patients with a confirmed diagnosis of IBD attending the Robert Debre Hospital via two information sources: Programme

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Vinson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7223342 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature