Health care utilization differences between First Nations people and the general population with inflammatory bowel disease: a retrospective cohort study from Saskatchewan, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indigenous people in Canada often face barriers to access specialized care, with limited data in evaluating health care utilization among Indigenous people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We aimed to compare health care utilization between First Nations patients and those in the general population diagnosed with IBD in Saskatchewan.

Methods

We conducted a patient-oriented, population-based, retrospective cohort study by linking administrative health databases of Saskatchewan between fiscal years 1998/99 and 2017/18. We designed and completed this study in partnership with Indigenous patients and family advocates. We applied a validated algorithm to identify IBD incident cases and then used the self-declared First Nations status variable to divide those case

SUBMITTER: Santos JDM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9633056 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature