Retrospective Claims Analysis of Hysterectomy After Sterilization
Retrospective Claims Analysis of Hysterectomy After Sterilization
The research questions are:

 1. What is the proportion of women undergoing hysterectomy after hysteroscopic
 sterilization or laparoscopic tubal ligation?

 2. What is the proportion of women undergoing salpingectomy, salpingostomy, or hysteroscopy
 after hysteroscopic sterilization or laparoscopic tubal ligation?

 3. What is the proportion of women who have a diagnosis of pelvic pain after hysteroscopic
 sterilization or laparoscopic tubal ligation?
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Women aged 18 through 49 years at the index date

 -  at least one claim of the hysteroscopic sterilization procedure or interval
 laparoscopic tubal ligation at any time during January 1, 2010 -December 31, 2012

 -  Had 6 months of continuous medical and pharmacy benefits pre-index date which is
 considered the baseline period to capture all patient characteristics prior to the
 procedure

 -  Had 12 months of continuous medical and pharmacy benefits post-index date (i.e.,
 follow-up period)

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Women who underwent a postpartum tubal ligation procedure during the entire study
 period

 -  Women who had claims of a sterilization procedure during the baseline period

 -  Women who had a claim for pregnancy or delivery within 6 weeks prior to the index date

 -  Women who had more than one type of sterilization procedure (i.e., combination of
 hysteroscopic sterilization, laparoscopic tubal ligation or mini-laparotomy) on the
 same index date

 -  Women who had concurrent procedures on the same day as the index sterilization
 procedure that were performed for reasons beyond the purpose of sterilization