Urinary Tract Infections

Report summarizes urinary tract infections study findings from University of California

Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, August 26th, 2007

In this recently published article, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To analyze Medicare claims data to determine short-term complications after sling surgery among female beneficiaries aged 65 years and over. We analyzed the 1999-2001 Medicare Public Use Files provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on a 5% national random sample of beneficiaries."

"Women undergoing sling procedures between January 1, 1999, and July 31, 2000, (the index period) were identified by Physicians Current Procedural Terminology Coding System (4th edition) and tracked for 12 months. were complications as identified by International Classification of...

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Source: Medical Device Law Weekly (2007-08-26)

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