By using directly observed data in our analysis, this method of estimation can be used to predict the overall paid-employment burden of IBD.

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In Manitoba the direct average annual healthcare cost of CD is greater than UC and that of a patient using infliximab tends to be greater than one incurring a surgical stay.

Patients with IBD were no more likely to have used isotretinoin before diagnosis than were sex-, age-, and geography-matched controls. Although there may be anecdotes of isotretinoin causing acute colitis, our data suggest that isotretinoin is not likely to cause chronic IBD.