Blomqvist P, Ekbom A. Inflammatory bowel diseases: health care and costs in Sweden in
1994. Scand J Gastroenterol 1997; 32: 1134–1139. Background: Inflammatory bowel …

Abstract Background and aims: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (which includes Crohn's
Disease and Ulcerative Colitis), is a chronic condition characterised by substantial morbidity …

Background and aims: The potentially high costs of care associated with inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD) are recognised but we have little knowledge of the scale, profile, or …

Background Inflammatory bowel disease [IBD], encompassing Crohn's disease [CD] and
ulcerative colitis [UC], places a high burden on health care resources. To date, no study has …

V. Burisch J, Pedersen N, Cukovic-Cavka S, et al. Environmental factors in a population-
based inception cohort of inflammatory bowel disease patients in Europe–An ECCO …

Background: The course of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) has mainly been studied
using different methods in single patient cohorts. The aim of the present study was to assess …

Objective. There is evidence that the incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases is
increasing, but the data are inconsistent. For appropriate allocation of health care resources …

Objective. The aim of this study was to explore the utilization of health services by Finnish
adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and to assess the associated demographic …

Variables influencing total direct medical costs in inflammatory bowel diseases include
country, diagnosis (generally, patients with Crohn's disease generated higher costs …

Abstract Background and Aim: Because of its long duration, inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD) causes high use of health services and high lifetime costs for medical care. The aim of …