Holly Mathias, Noelle Rohatinsky, Sanjay K Murthy, Kerri Novak, M Ellen Kuenzig, Geoffrey C Nguyen, Sharyle Fowler, Eric I Benchimol, Stephanie Coward, Gilaad G Kaplan, Joseph W Windsor, Charles N Bernstein, Laura E Targownik, Juan-Nicolás Peña-Sánchez, Kate Lee, Sara Ghandeharian, Nazanin Jannati, Jake Weinstein, Rabia Khan, James H B Im, Priscilla Matthews, Tal Davis, Quinn Goddard, Julia Gorospe, Kate Latos, Michelle Louis, Naji Balche, Peter Dobranowski, Ashley Patel, Linda J Porter, Robert M Porter, Alain Bitton, Jennifer L Jones
Rising compounding prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (Kaplan GG, Windsor JW. The four epidemiological stages in the global evolution of inflammatory bowel disease. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021;18:56-66.) and pandemic-exacerbated health system resource limitations have resulted in significant variability in access to high-quality, evidence-based, person-centered specialty care for Canadians living with IBD. Individuals with IBD have identified long wait times, gaps in biopsychosocial care, treatment and travel expenses, and geographic and provider variation in IBD specialty care and knowledge as some of the key barriers to access...
September 2023: Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology