Uterine fibroids with heavy menstrual bleeding stratified by race in a commercial and Medicaid database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Historically, the clinical characteristics and treatment pathways for patients with uterine fibroids and heavy menstrual bleeding have differed between White and Black women.

Objective

To provide a contemporary comparison of patient characteristics and treatment patterns among White and Black women with uterine fibroids and heavy menstrual bleeding in the United States.

Study design

This retrospective cohort study included administrative claims data from 46,139 White and 17,297 Black women with uterine fibroids and heavy menstrual bleeding from the Optum Clinformatics database (January 2011-December 2020) and 7353 White and 16,776 Black women from the IBM MarketScan Multi-State Medicaid Insurance database (January 2010-December 2019). Patients were indexed

SUBMITTER: Agarwal SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11570315 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature