Nationwide trends in the utilization of and payments for hysterectomy in the United States among commercially insured women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Laparotomy followed by inpatient hospitalization has traditionally been the most common surgical care for hysterectomy. The financial implications of the increased use of laparoscopy and outpatient hysterectomy are unknown.

Objectives

The objective of the study was to quantify the increasing use of laparoscopy and outpatient hysterectomy and to describe the financial implications among women with commercially based insurance in the United States.

Study design

Hysterectomies between 2010 and 2013 were identified in the Health Care Cost Institute, a national data set with inpatient and outpatient private insurance claims for more than 25 million women. Surgical approach was categorized with procedure codes as abdominal, laparoscopic, laparoscopic assisted vag

SUBMITTER: Morgan DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5931386 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature