Urinary retention and catheter use among U.S. female Medicare beneficiaries: Prevalence and risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To identify the prevalence of and risk factors for urinary retention and catheterization among female Medicare beneficiaries.

Methods

We identified women with a diagnosis of urinary retention in a 5% sample of Medicare claims in 2012. Women were categorized into three groups based on the occurrence and duration of urinary catheterization within a 1 year period: 1) no catheterization; 2) short-term catheterization (ie, one or more catheterizations in less than 30 days); and 3) chronic catheterization (catheterizations in multiple 30 day periods within 1 year). We then identified a group of age-matched controls without catheterization or a diagnosis of urinary retention in 2012. Clinical and demographic data were collected for each patient, and risk factors for retention

SUBMITTER: Cohn JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5956898 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature