For U.S. Black women, shift of hysterectomy to outpatient settings may have lagged behind White women: a claims-based analysis, 2011–2013

For U.S. Black women, shift of hysterectomy to outpatient settings may have lagged behind White women: a claims-based analysis, 2011–2013

Abstract Background Hysterectomy is among the most common surgeries performed on U.S. women. For benign conditions, minimally invasive hysterectomy is recommended, whenever permitted by clinical indication and previous surgery history. No study has examined whether the use of less invasive hysterect...

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Main Authors: Whitney R. Robinson, Mariah M. Cheng, Annie Green Howard, William R. Carpenter, Wendy R. Brewster, Kemi M. Doll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
De-implementation
Health disparities African-American
Gynecology
Administrative data
Ambulatory surgery
Claims-based data
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2471-1

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