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From: Healthcare service use in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease: a questionnaire on patient and parent care experiences in Germany

Fig. 2

Availability of paediatric IBD care services in Germany related to the number of patients. (a) Relationship between the total number of IBD diagnoses (codes K50-K52 from the International Classification of Diseases-10 [ICD-10; 1] for the under 18 years old as found in the national hospital diagnostic registry and the total number of inpatient paediatric gastroenterologists per German state. Dark blue indicates a high number of both patients and specialists, grey indicates a low number of both. Pink indicates a high number of patients and a low number of specialists. Light blue indicates a high number of specialists and a low number of patients. (b) Approximate driving time to GPGE certified treatment centres

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