The global burden of IBD: from 2015 to 2025 – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
IBD is a chronic, incurable disease and can be a major burden to health-care resources. Moreover, the epidemiology of IBD is changing worldwide. In this Perspectives, Gilaad Kaplan discusses the current global burden of IBD and how this might evolve over the next decade, as well as the challenges that might arise with this changing incidence.