Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Appalachian Kentucky: An Investigation of Outcomes and Health Care Utilization.

Christian N RhudyCourtney L PerryGregory S HawkDeborah R FlomenhoftJeffery C TalbertTerrence A Barrett

Published in: Inflammatory bowel diseases (2023)

There is disproportionately higher IBD health care utilization in Appalachian Kentucky compared with all cohorts, including the national rural population. There is a need for aggressive investigation into root causes of these disparate outcomes and identification of barriers to appropriate IBD care.

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