Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the U.S.: Population-Based Prevalence Estimates From Large National Databases

Introduction: This real-world evidence (RWE) study sought to estimate up-to-date prevalence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in the United States (US) children using national administrative databases with a validated disease definition for IBD. Methods: We conducted analyses in Optum Clinformatics Data Mart and Truven Health MarketScan Commercial and Medicare Supplemental Database from 2007 to 2016. Prevalence was estimated each year among...