Mo1057: Mental Health Disorders are Associated with Increased Cost in IBD Patients – Use of Retrospective Claims Data and Phq-2 Can Identify High-risk High-Cost Populations of IBD

Mental Health Disorders (MHD) are common comorbidities in patients with IBD. The cost of IBD in the presence of a history of a MHD has been shown to be 38% higher[i] when one of these comorbidities is present1 . IBD Patients with a history of MHD can be…