The Burden of Cervical Conization in Privately Insured Young and Mid-Adult Women in the United States.

ABSTRACT: In 2019, the United States (US) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that healthcare providers engage in shared clinical decision making for adults aged 27-45 who may benefit from HPV vaccination. However, it is difficult to assess these benefits as there is a lack of data on HPV burden on young and mid-adult women. This analysis estimates the incidence of conization and the burden associated with treating pre-cancerous states related to HPV with a loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) or a cold knife conization (CKC) among commercially insured women aged 18-45. This retrospective cohort study used the IBM MarketScan commercial claims encounter database for women aged 18-45 treated with conization. We assessed the annual incidence of conization (2016-201

SUBMITTER: Saxena K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10142968 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature