Retrospective database analysis of clinical outcomes and costs for treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding among women enrolled in US Medicaid programs

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 423-429

  Bonafede, Machaon M ^a   Miller, Jeffrey D ^a   Laughlin Tommaso, Shannon K ^b   Slukes, Andrea ^c   Meyer, Nicole M ^a   Lenhart, Gregory M ^a  

^a IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Carolina Women's Research and Wellness Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Endometrial ablation; Hysterectomy; Medicaid; Menorrhagia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; GLOBAL ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 84908253864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CEOR.S67888     Document Type: Article

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