Health Care Cost for Children Newly Diagnosed With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Background The increasing incidence of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), along with more extensive and severe disease in children, raises concern for related health care expenditures. Aim The aim of this study was to quantify and characterize costs of pediatric IBD in the year following diagnosis. Methods We identified all patients diagnosed with IBD at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in 2016 with a minimum of 1 year follow-up....