Timeliness of diagnostic evaluation for postmenopausal bleeding: A retrospective cohort study using claims data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postmenopausal bleeding (PMB) is a common gynecologic condition. Although it can be a sign of uterine cancer, most patients have benign etiology. However, research on quality of diagnostic evaluation for PMB has been limited to cancer patients. To extend this research, we examined the timeliness of diagnostic evaluation for PMB among patients with benign conditions.

Methods

Using the 2008-2019 MarketScan Research Databases, we identified 499176 patients (456741 with commercial insurance and 42435 with Medicaid insurance) who presented with PMB but did not have gynecologic cancer. For each patient, we measured the time from their PMB reporting to the date of their first diagnostic procedure. The association between patient characteristics and time to first diagnost

SUBMITTER: Xu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10490884 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature