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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Variation in the Care of Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Within and Across Canadian Provinces: A Multi-Province Population-Based Cohort Study

M Ellen Kuenzig1 SickKids Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children (Sickkids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada;2 Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3984-8426View further author information
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Therese A Stukel3 ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;4 Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaView further author information
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Matthew W Carroll5 Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4237-0512View further author information
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Gilaad G Kaplan6 Departments of Medicine & Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2719-0556View further author information
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Anthony R Otley7 Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaView further author information
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Harminder Singh8 Univeristy of Manitoba IBD Clinical and Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;9 Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;10 Research Institute at CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9354-2356View further author information
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Alain Bitton11 McGill University Health Centre, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Montreal, Québec, CanadaView further author information
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Stephen G Fung12 CHEO Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, CHEO, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;13 CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaView further author information
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Sarah Spruin3 ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;14 Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaView further author information
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Stephanie Coward6 Departments of Medicine & Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaView further author information
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Yunsong Cui15 Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaView further author information
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Zoann Nugent8 Univeristy of Manitoba IBD Clinical and Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaView further author information
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Anne M Griffiths1 SickKids Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children (Sickkids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada;2 Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;16 Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaView further author information
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David R Mack12 CHEO Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, CHEO, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;13 CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;17 Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaView further author information
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Kevan Jacobson18 Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaView further author information
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Geoffrey C Nguyen3 ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;4 Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;19 Mount Sinai Hospital Centre for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaView further author information
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Laura E Targownik19 Mount Sinai Hospital Centre for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaView further author information
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Wael El-Matary20 Department of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaView further author information
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Charles N Bernstein8 Univeristy of Manitoba IBD Clinical and Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;9 Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8041-3574View further author information
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Trevor J B Dummer21 School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2510-3570View further author information
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Jennifer L Jones15 Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6380-6728View further author information
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Lisa M Lix22 Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8685-3212View further author information
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Sanjay K Murthy14 Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;23 Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;24 Division of Gastroenterology, The Ottawa Hospital IBD Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;25 School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaView further author information
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Juan Nicolás Peña-Sánchez26 Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4653-525XView further author information
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Soheila Nasiri12 CHEO Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, CHEO, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;13 CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaView further author information
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Eric I Benchimol1 SickKids Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children (Sickkids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada;2 Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;3 ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;4 Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;16 Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 91-108 | Received 29 Nov 2023, Accepted 25 Jan 2024, Published online: 13 Feb 2024

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