Therapy Patterns and Surveillance Measures of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients beyond Disease-Related Hospitalization: A Claims-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical care and surveillance of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients have been shown to be far from satisfactory. Data on therapy patterns and surveillance measures in IBD patients are scarce. We, therefore, aimed to compare the therapy patterns and surveillance management of IBD patients in the year before and after IBD-related hospitalization.

Methods

We examined medical therapy, surveillance management (influenza vaccination, dermatologist visits, Pap smear screening, creatinine measurements, iron measurements, and ophthalmologist visits) and healthcare utilization in 214 ulcerative colitis (UC) and 259 Crohn's disease (CD) patients who underwent IBD-related hospitalization from 2012 to 2014.

Results

IBD-related drug classes changed in 64.5% of I

SUBMITTER: Bahler C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9294938 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature