The impact of vaginal surgical mesh devices on consultation rates by type and health care provider in UK primary care : A cohort study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink

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OBJECTIVES: To examine consultation rates by type of consultation and health care provider in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and/or pelvic organ prolapse (POP), with and without surgical mesh implants.

STUDY DESIGN: Longitudinal open cohort study from April 2006 to November 2018 in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD).

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Rates of consultations with general practitioners (GPs), nurses, other clinicians and administrators by consultation type (face-to-face, telephone or administrative), and types of administrative consultations, estimated using negative binomial regression.

RESULTS: Of 220,544 women eligible for inclusion, 74 % (n = 162,687) had SUI, 37 % (n = 82,123) had POP, and 11 % (n = 24,266) had both. Face-to-face consultation rates were stable over time, at about 9 per year. Administrative consultations with GPs and administrators increased between 2006 and 2018, but averaged 31 per year. After adjustment, for both SUI and POP mesh surgery, there were lower rates of face-to-face consultations with GPs, higher rates of face-to-face consultations with other clinicians, higher rates of telephone consultations with GPs and other clinicians, and higher rates of administrative consultations with GPs, nurses and administrators. The higher rate of consultations with GPs coded as administrative consisted of results recording and administrative codes, and the higher rates of consultations with administrators were coded as repeat issue, other, administration and third-party consultations.

CONCLUSIONS: Caring for women with mesh places a higher administrative burden on GPs and administrators. There may be potential to reduce this workload through a more streamlined care pathway.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:178

Enthalten in:

Maturitas - 178(2023) vom: 15. Dez., Seite 107829

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

McFadden, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Heneghan, Carl [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Consultation rates
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Primary care
Urinary incontinence
Vaginal mesh

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.11.2023

Date Revised 06.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.maturitas.2023.107829

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362132283