Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Canadian Burden of Illness Review

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) – Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) – significantly impact quality of life and account for substantial costs to the health care system and society.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Angela Rocchi, Eric I Benchimol, Charles N Bernstein, Alain Bitton, Brian Feagan, Remo Panaccione, Kevin W Glasgow, Aida Fernandes, Subrata Ghosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/984575