title: Ambulatory care related to female pelvic floor disorders in the United States, 1995-2006.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to describe trends for pelvic floor disorder (PFD)-related ambulatory visits.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were derived from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the National Hospital Ambulatory Care Survey. PFD-related visits were based on ICD-9 codes. We collapsed 12 survey years into 3 study periods (1995-1998, 1999-2002, 2003-2006) to evaluate numbers, rates, and trends for PFD-related visits.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average annual number of PFD-related visits was 3.9 million (95% confidence interval, 3.1-4.7). The annual rate of PFD-related visits per 1000 women was 35.2% in 1995-1998, 40.6% in 1999-2002, and 36.3% in 2003-2006. PFD visits represent 0.9% of all ambulatory visits for adult women in the United States. Women > or =60 years old had higher rates of PFD-related visits compared with women <60 years old.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The annual number of PFD-related visits is significant and represents 0.9% of all ambulatory visits made by adult women in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
authors.forename: Vivian W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Christina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Raker
authors.forename: Deborah L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Melissa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017773:Pelvic Floor; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
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