Assessment of the prevalence and impact of anemia on women hospitalized for gynecologic conditions associated with heavy uterine bleeding.
J Reprod Med
; 53(5): 323-30, 2008 May.
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| ID: mdl-18567277
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Women with heavy uterine bleeding often are untreated or inadequately treated for anemia. This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence and impact of anemia in women hospitalized for gynecologic conditions associated with heavy uterine bleeding. STUDYDESIGN:
The largest all-payer inpatient care database, the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's 2003 Nationwide Inpatient Sample, was queried using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes to identify and group women with gynecologic diagnoses associated with heavy uterine bleeding into 2 categories those with or without anemia. Groups were evaluated for demographic characteristics, medical resource utilization and hospitalization costs using descriptive statistics.RESULTS:
More than 25% of the estimated 300,589 women in the study had a diagnosis of anemia. Compared to patients without a diagnosis of anemia, those with an anemia diagnosis were more likely to have a blood transfusion (24% vs. 0.7%, p<0.0001), an emergency department admission (26.8% vs. 3.2%, p<0.0001) and higher hospitalization costs ($5,631 vs. $5,101, p <0.0001).CONCLUSIONS:
Anemia and blood transfusions are common in women hospitalized for gynecologic conditions associated with heavy uterine bleeding. Greater patient and provider awareness of the prevalence and burden associated with anemia may increase opportunities to reduce blood transfusions and improve general health status and quality of life in this patient population.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Hospitalización
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Anemia
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Menorragia
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Metrorragia
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Reprod Med
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos