The incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in UK primary care: a retrospective cohort study of the IQVIA Medical Research Database.

Karoline FreemanRonan RyanNicholas ParsonsSian Taylor-PhillipsBrian H WillisAileen Clarke

Published in: BMC gastroenterology (2021)

In this large study we found higher estimates of IBD incidence and prevalence than previously reported. Estimates are highly dependent on definitions of disease and previously may have been underestimated.

Keyphrases

risk factors
primary care
healthcare
ulcerative colitis
cross sectional
emergency department
drug induced