Characteristics Associated With Repeated Evaluations for Urinary Tract Infections in Older Women: A Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aims of this study were to estimate the incidence of repeated evaluations for urinary tract infection (UTI) after a single occurrence and to identify characteristics associated with repeated evaluations in a female Medicare population.

Methods

This was a case-control study of women aged 65 years or older undergoing incident outpatient evaluation for UTI between the years of 2011 and 2018. We defined UTI evaluation as an outpatient encounter with diagnostic codes for UTI and an order for urine culture. We excluded women with diagnostic codes suggestive of a complicated UTI. Among all women with an incident UTI evaluation, cases were defined as those with repeated evaluations, defined as either a total of ≥2 UTI evaluations in 6 months and/or ≥3 in 1 year. The c

SUBMITTER: Bradley MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9035018 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature