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February 16, 2026Journal of the Canadian Association of GastroenterologyOpen Access

Poster Session I - A106 PREVALENCE AND HEALTH CARE ENGAGEMENT FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS IN THE EDMONTON ZONE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

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JCJared CooperSCStephanie CowardJBJeffrey A. Bakal

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Data reveals rising healthcare needs for inflammatory bowel disease patients, indicating urgent resource planning.

Key Points

  • This research aims to assess trends in healthcare utilization among individuals with inflammatory bowel disease over a 19-year period.
  • Identified individuals with IBD from the Alberta IBD Surveillance Cohort using administrative data from 2002-2021.
  • Calculated annual average percent change in healthcare parameters.
  • Forecasted future healthcare utilization using Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average models.
  • The number of IBD cases increased from 2,855 in 2002 to 11,709 in 2021, with projections of 14,416 by 2025.
  • IBD prevalence rose from 292 to 806 per 100,000 from 2002 to 2021, expected to reach 922 per 100,000 by 2025.
  • Overall hospitalization rates per IBD patient dropped, but the absolute number of hospitalizations increased from 872 to 1,636.
  • Outpatient encounters increased significantly from 27,384 to 157,181, projected to rise to 198,320 by 2025.
  • Emergency department visits rose from 5,614 to 7,703 by 2021.

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Cooper et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6992b4469b75e639e9b09215https://doi.org/10.1093/jcag/gwaf042.106
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