title: Healthcare utilization among women who undergo surgery for stress urinary incontinence.
abstract: This study examined patterns of care for women undergoing surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI). A retrospective analysis of administrative claims data was performed and we identified 12520 women with a diagnosis of SUI and a subset of 3735 women with a surgical procedure code for SUI. For the main types of surgeries, we examined length of stay, pharmaceutical use, complications, and healthcare utilization related to incontinence greater than 6 months after surgery. Approximately 30% of women with a coded SUI diagnosis underwent surgery. Of the initial procedures, 40% were retropubic suspensions and 25% were sling procedures. Almost 4% of women underwent an additional surgery, and 14.1% had claims related to incontinence 6 or more months after the initial procedure. We examined medical care and pharmaceutical use for women undergoing continence surgery. This information may be important to patients and physicians discussing treatment options.
authors.affiliation: Lilly Research Labs, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46278, USA. KINCHEN_KRAIG@Lilly.com
authors.forename: Kraig S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kinchen
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Lucinda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Orsini
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Crown
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Bump
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review; D007902:Length of Stay; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data