2023
Timeliness of diagnostic evaluation for postmenopausal bleeding: A retrospective cohort study using claims data
Xu X, Chen L, Nunez-Smith M, Clark M, Wright J. Timeliness of diagnostic evaluation for postmenopausal bleeding: A retrospective cohort study using claims data. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0289692. PMID: 37682914, PMCID: PMC10490884, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289692.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostmenopausal bleedingFirst diagnostic procedureDiagnostic evaluationDiagnostic proceduresGynecologic conditionsMedicaid patientsCox proportional hazards modelPrompt diagnostic evaluationRetrospective cohort studyMarketScan Research DatabasesAdditional risk factorsNon-clinical factorsCommon gynecologic conditionProportional hazards modelLower ratesCohort studyMost patientsPatient characteristicsBenign etiologyGynecologic cancerCancer patientsPreventive careUterine cancerInsurance typeRisk factors
2022
Mode of Delivery in Antepartum Singleton Stillbirths and Associated Risk Factors
Underwood K, Reddy UM, Hosier H, Sweeney L, Campbell KH, Xu X. Mode of Delivery in Antepartum Singleton Stillbirths and Associated Risk Factors. American Journal Of Perinatology 2022, 41: e193-e203. PMID: 35850142, DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1750795.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMode of deliveryAntepartum stillbirthCesarean deliveryPrior cesareanVaginal deliveryMaternal hospital discharge recordsLower likelihoodAssociated risk factorsWeeks of gestationHospital discharge recordsNon-clinical factorsUrban teaching hospitalMultivariable regression analysisPopulation-based sampleFetal death certificatesSingleton stillbirthsPrimary outcomeHospital characteristicsRisk factorsTeaching hospitalDeath certificatesMultivariable regressionCesareanPatientsStillbirth