Persistent high rates of hysterectomy in Western Australia: a population-based study of procedures over 23 years
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1 DOI:./j x Gynaecological surgery Persistent high rates of hysterectomy in Western Australia: a population-based study of 8 procedures over years K Spilsbury, a JB Semmens, a I Hammond, b A Bolck a a Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health b Western Australian Gynaecologic Cancer Service, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Perth, Australia Correspondence: Dr K Spilsbury, Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, M, University of Western Australia, 5 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 69, Australia. katrina.spilsbury@uwa.edu.au Accepted March 6. Published OnlineEarly 9 May 6. Objective To investigate incidence trends and demographic, social and health factors associated with the rate of hysterectomy and morbidity outcomes in Western Australia and compare these with international studies. Design Population-based retrospective cohort study. Setting All hospitals in Western Australia where hysterectomies were performed from 98 to. Population All women aged years or older who underwent a hysterectomy. Methods Statistical analysis of record-linked administrative health data. Main outcome measures Rates, rate ratios and odds ratios for incidence measures and length of stay in hospital and odds ratios for morbidity measures. Results The age-standardised rate of hysterectomy adjusted for the underlying prevalence of hysterectomy decreased % from 6.6 per woman-years (95% CI ) in 98 to.8 per woman-years (95% CI.6.9) in. Lifetime risk of hysterectomy was estimated as 5%. In, % of hysterectomies were abdominal. The rate of hysterectomy to treat menstrual disorders fell from per woman-years in 98 to per woman-years in 99 and has since stabilised. Low socio-economic status, having only public health insurance, nonindigenous status and living in rural or remote areas were associated with increased risk of having a hysterectomy for menstrual disorders. Indigenous women had higher rates of hysterectomy to treat gynaecological cancers compared with nonindigenous women, particularly in rural areas. The odds of a serious complication were % lower for vaginal hysterectomies compared with abdominal procedures. Conclusion Western Australia has one of the highest hysterectomy rates in the world, although proportionally, significantly fewer abdominal hysterectomies are performed than in most countries. Keywords Epidemiology, hysterectomy, morbidity, rates, record linkage. Please cite this paper as: Spilsbury K, Semmens J, Hammond I, Bolck A. Persistent high rates of hysterectomy in Western Australia: a population-based study of 8 procedures over years. BJOG 6; :8 89. Introduction Hysterectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed on women in Western countries. Concern over the perceived excessive use of hysterectomy to treat benign conditions, particularly dysfunctional uterine bleeding, has led to the introduction of alternative nonsurgical treatments and less invasive surgical procedures., Evidence of shorter hospital stays and/or lower relative costs of vaginal hysterectomy and laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) compared with abdominal hysterectomy has also influenced patterns of surgical care. 6 Evidence supports the use of vaginal hysterectomy as the method of choice where possible; yet, abdominal hysterectomy remains the predominant procedure in many countries.,7 Factors associated with increased risk of hysterectomy include increasing parity, poor health, high body mass index, smoking, lower socioeconomic status, gynaecologist s length of time away from training and use of estrogen replacement therapy. 8 Rates of hysterectomy vary considerably between and within countries; however, directly comparing incidence rates between studies can be problematic. Methodologies differ by the age ranges included, whether crude or age-standardised, exclusion of hysterectomy for malignant conditions, and 8 ª RCOG 6 BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2 Hysterectomy rates in Western Australia studies that do not account for the proportion of women who have already had a hysterectomy, will underestimate the true rate. The aim of this population-based study was to use recordlinked health data to identify and compare the trends in the incidence rate of hysterectomy in Western Australia from 98 to with international reports. Population denominators were adjusted for the prevalence of hysterectomy. Social and demographic factors associated with undergoing hysterectomy were also identified. Western Australia is the largest state in Australia, with an area of.5 million km, equivalent in size to Western Europe, and with a population of million inhabitants, the majority of who live in Perth, the only major metropolitan city. The indigenous population comprised Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders who represent.5% of the state population and who disproportionately reside in rural and remote areas compared with the nonindigenous population (Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS]). Methods Study data were obtained through the Western Australia Safety and Quality of Surgical Care Project 5 from the Western Australian Data Linkage System. A deidentified extraction of all hospital morbidity records belonging to women who underwent a hysterectomy from 98 to with associated detailed demographic, diagnostic and procedural data was performed. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) procedure and diagnosis codes were used to classify hysterectomies, to identify the diagnoses associated with each procedure and to identify serious complications recorded during the hysterectomy admission (haemorrhage, puncture or laceration during procedure, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and injury to pelvic organs). A hysterectomy was classified as being abdominal, vaginal or LAVH. Prior to 998, ICD codes did not distinguish between vaginal and LAVH, therefore, if a vaginal hysterectomy was accompanied by a separate code for laparoscopy in the same record, it was considered to be laparoscopic-assisted. Reasons for hysterectomy were identified by the primary or secondary ICD diagnosis codes associated with the hysterectomy admission and were divided into seven categories; menstrual disorders, genital prolapse, fibroids, endometriosis, cancer, pelvic inflammatory disease and pain and other conditions combined category, which included obstetric-related procedures. Unique ICD codes for endometrial ablation were not available prior to 997, so the extent of information on this procedure was limited. Residential location was defined as metropolitan Perth, rural or remote and hospital type as either private or public. Insurance status was classified as public, private and selfinsured. Population census collector s districts or postcodes were used to assign one of four socio-economic status levels using the Socio-economic Index of Disadvantage compiled by the ABS. Population denominators were adjusted for the number of women who had already had a hysterectomy and were consequently no longer at risk of another. This was performed by back projection to estimate the cumulative probabilities of retaining an intact uterus by age group, birth cohort and calendar period as described. 6 Reported rates were directly age-standardised using hysterectomy-adjusted population denominators and the Australian population as weights for women aged years to 85+ years unless otherwise stated. For comparison of other published hysterectomy rates, Western Australia equivalent rates were calculated using the reported age ranges, calendar years, diagnostic inclusions, admission type and standard population weights unless otherwise stated. Multivariate Poisson regression models using hysterectomyadjusted population denominators were used to estimate the average yearly changes in hysterectomy rates and to identify the relative rates of hysterectomy by residential location and indigenous status, after adjusting for age and birth cohort effects. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with having a hysterectomy to treat menstrual disorders compared with all other diagnoses after adjusting for age, year and birth cohort effect. Similarly, logistic regression was used to estimate the relative odds of a serious complication by type of hysterectomy after adjusting for age, calendar period, associated diagnosis, type and location of hospital, obstetric admission and co-morbidity. Statistical analyses were performed using STATA Version 8 (StataCorp, College Station, TX, USA). Results There were 8 68 hysterectomies performed on women aged years and older. The average age at hysterectomy increased from.7 years in 98 to 8. years in (P <.). Women living in rural and remote areas had their hysterectomies at.8 and. years younger, respectively, than women living in metropolitan areas (P <.). The rate of hysterectomy decreased % over the study period (Figure ). By, the crude hysterectomy rate was 5. per women, the age-standardised rate was.9 per women and the age-standardised rate adjusted for the underlying prevalence of hysterectomy in the community was.8 per women. This adjustment increased incidence rate estimates by %. A comparison of the equivalent hysterectomy rate in Western Australia with reported international and Australian rates is shown in Figure. The abdominal hysterectomy rate decreased by an average of.7% (95% CI.6.8) each year from 98 to, whereas the rate of vaginal hysterectomy increased by an ª RCOG 6 BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 85
3 Spilsbury et al. Hysterectomy rate per woman-years Year Figure. Age-standardised rate of hysterectomy in women aged years and older from 98 to overall and by type of procedure using hysterectomy-adjusted population as denominators. ( ), all hysterectomies; (d), LAVH; (:) abdominal hysterectomy and (h), vaginal hysterectomy. average of.% (95% CI..6) each year and LAVH increased by an average of.% (95% CI..) each year since its introduction in the early 99s (Figure ). By, 5% of all hysterectomies performed were vaginal, % abdominal and 5% were LAVH. The relative proportion of abdominal hysterectomies performed compared with vaginal Reported rate of hysterectomy per woman - years WA Norway (6) Finland 99 (7) USA (8) UK and Wales 995 (9) Italy 997 () USA 997 (8) Denmark 998 () NSW (Aust) 999 () Canada () Figure. Comparison of published hysterectomy rates with derived Western Australian equivalent calculated using the same calendar period, age ranges and age-standardised population weights as reported in each study., excludes pelvic evisceration and radical hysterectomy;, European standard population was used as weights;, estimated from figure in cited reference;, calculated from reported crude numbers to include hysterectomy for malignant conditions; 5, Canadian 99 population was used as weights. NSW (Aust), New South Wales (Australia); WA, Western Australia. 5 and LAVH in Western Australia is equivalently compared with international reports in Figure. The rate of hysterectomy to treat menstrual disorders fell four-fold from. per woman-years in 98 to.9 per woman-years in 99 where it has since remained stable. The drop in menstrual disorder-related hysterectomies was partly offset by an average yearly increase of 6.% (95% CI ) in the rate of hysterectomy to treat fibroids, while the rate of hysterectomy to treat genital prolapse decreased by an average of.8% (95% CI.5.) each year (Figure ). In, most hysterectomies were performed for fibroids (7%), followed by genital prolapse (%), menstrual disorders (%), endometriosis (%), cancer (8%), pelvic inflammatory disease (%) and all other conditions (8%). The rate of hysterectomy to treat menstrual disorders was significantly higher for women who lived in rural areas (Rate ratios [RR].6, 95% CI..) and remote areas (RR.7, 95% CI..) compared with those who lived in metropolitan Perth but only for nonindigenous women. After adjusting for age, birth cohort effects and calendar period, other socio-demographic factors associated with increased odds of hysterectomy to treat menstrual disorders included nonindigenous status (OR.8, 95% CI.9.59), lower socioeconomic status compared with highest socio-economic status (OR., 95% CI.8.) and having surgery in a private hospital (OR., 95% CI.6.8). Indigenous women had half the overall rates of hysterectomy compared with nonindigenous women, independent of where they lived (Figure 5). Yet, the rate of hysterectomy to treat gynaecological cancer was higher in indigenous women Percentage of hysterectomies performed abdominally 8 6 WA Finland 99 (7) Finland 996 () USA 997 (8) Canada (6) England 998 (5) Denmark 998 () NSW (Aust) 999 () Sweden (7) Turkey (8) Figure. Proportion of hysterectomies performed by the abdominal route in Western Australia in comparison with reported international and national studies calculated using the same age ranges and calendar periods as reported in each comparison study. NSW (Aust), New South Wales (Australia); WA, Western Australia. 86 ª RCOG 6 BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
4 Hysterectomy rates in Western Australia Hysterectomy rate per woman-years Year Figure. Age-standardised rate of hysterectomy in women aged years and older from 98 to associated with the three most common diagnostic codes calculated using hysterectomy-adjusted population as denominators. (d), menstrual disorders; (:), uterine fibroids and (u), uterine prolapse. Endometriosis Pelvic inflammatory disease Cancer Fibroids Prolapse Menstrual disorders compared with nonindigenous women, reaching statistical significance in rural areas. For indigenous women, the rates of hysterectomy to treat menstrual disorders, genital prolapse and endometriosis were considerably lower than nonindigenous women, whereas similar rates to treat pelvic inflammatory disease were observed. There were 88 (.%) hysterectomy admissions associated with at least one serious procedural-related adverse event or complication as identified through hospital morbidity administrative records (Table ), with more complications reported in more recent calendar periods as coding guidelines and standards improved. Haemorrhage and accidental puncture and/or laceration were the most common adverse events associated with hysterectomy in this study. The odds of a complication was reduced in women undergoing a vaginal hysterectomy compared with abdominal hysterectomy (OR.8, 95% CI.7.9) after adjustment for potential confounders. There was no significant difference in the odds of serious complication between abdominal and LAVH in this study (OR., 95% CI.8.). The average length of stay in hospital for hysterectomy decreased from.5 (SD ±.) days in 98 to 5. (SD ±.7) days in. LAVH resulted in significantly shorter hospital stays of.5 days, compared with 5.5 days for vaginal hysterectomy (P <.) and 7. days for abdominal hysterectomies (P <.) when analysed from 99 onwards. Discussion and Conclusion Western Australia has one of the highest reported hysterectomy rates in the world similar to that reported for the RR (95% CI) All hysterectomies Figure 5. Relative rate of hysterectomy in women aged years and older by residential location and indigenous status compared with nonindigenous women living in metropolitan areas. RR and 95% CI (capped bars) from Poisson regression models that are simultaneously adjusted for age at hysterectomy, calendar year and birth cohort effects, with nonindigenous women living in metropolitan areas set as the reference group. Indigenous women (open symbols), nonindigenous women (closed symbols), metropolitan Perth (triangle symbols), rural areas (circle symbols) and remote areas (square symbols). USA. 7 Australian hospital statistics for show that Western Australia also had the highest age-adjusted separation rate for hysterectomy of all Australian states. 8 These high rates are likely due to a combination of patient perceptions and demands and clinician preferences within the context of a health system that includes both private- and public-funded insurance and hospitals. Adjusting for the prevalence of intact uteri in Western Australia increased the estimated rate of hysterectomy by %. This adjustment was essential for obtaining a more accurate estimate of the true rate, particularly in countries like Australia that have a history of high rates. In a US study, prevalence adjustment increased the estimate of lifetime risk of hysterectomy from 5 to %. 9 This adjustment has ª RCOG 6 BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 87
5 Spilsbury et al. Table. Number and percentage of women who had a serious complication or adverse event recorded during their hysterectomy admission by the type of procedure undergone Complication identified by ICD codes at index admission No. of cases (%) Abdominal Vaginal LAVH Haemorrhage complicating 77 (.6) 9 (.) 78 (.9) a procedure Accidental puncture or 98 (.6) 5 (.) 6 (.) laceration during a procedure Deep vein thrombosis 6 (.) (.) (.) Pulmonary embolism 6 (.7) (.) (.) Injury to pelvic organs 6 (.) 5 (.) (.7) Vascular complications (.) 6 (.) following procedure Total 5 (.) 55 (.8) (.) important implications for health services planning such as cervical cancer screening services. The decrease in the rate of hysterectomies performed via the abdominal route in this study was marked and coincided with the introduction and increasing use of LAVH in the early 99s together with a concurrent increase in the rate of vaginal hysterectomies. By, only % of hysterectomies were performed abdominally in Western Australia, which is consistently lower than reported elsewhere. These changes in practice occurred around the time of publication of results from randomised clinical trials in the mid-99s that demonstrated better outcomes in women undergoing LAVH or vaginal hysterectomy compared with abdominal hysterectomy. 7 This suggests willingness on the part of gynaecological surgeons to use new techniques and keep abreast of evidencebased practice. The decline in hysterectomies to treat menstrual disorders in the 98s may have been in response to the concern over the high rates of discretionary surgery and the increasing hospital admission rates in the late 97s in Australia, a topic given wide media coverage., Despite the introduction of endometrial ablation into Australia in the late 98s, the rate of menstrual-related hysterectomy has remained stable. A recent UK study reported a sustained decline in the number of hysterectomies to treat menstrual disorders attributed to the Mirena Ò (Berlex, Montville, NJ, USA) levonorgestrel intrauterine system. The Mirena intrauterine device was approved for use in Australia in and it will be of interest to observe the extent of its impact in the Australian context with its large private health sector complementing the universal public health system. We found that the increased risk of hysterectomy in rural and remote areas was the result of menstrual disorders and, to a lesser degree, pelvic inflammatory disease, particularly for nonindigenous women. Reduced ease of access to alternative therapies such as regular iron infusions in the case of heavy menstrual blood loss may influence the treatment decision for women in more rural or remote areas. Indigenous women were found to have a different hysterectomy profile and appear to have a higher threshold for undergoing the procedure, reserving it for more serious reasons such as cancer and pelvic inflammatory disease and less for menstrualrelated disorders. The rate of cervical cancer in indigenous women is up to three times that of nonindigenous women which may translate into an increased rate of hysterectomy. To account for the increased rate of cervical cancer, one might expect the hysterectomy rate in indigenous women to be at least three times higher than the nonindigenous population; however, there is evidence that indigenous women are more likely to present with advanced disease when perhaps hysterectomy is no longer a curative option. Together with the choices that indigenous women may make for cultural reasons, particularly if treatment requires travelling large distances, the differences in the rate of hysterectomy compared with nonindigenous women is indicative of inequitable access to health care. A recent meta-analysis found better short-term outcomes in women who had vaginal hysterectomies compared with abdominal procedures, 7 which supports the shorter length of hospital stay and reduced odds of complication found in this study. This is in contrast to a Finnish study that found inhospital rates of complication were higher for vaginal hysterectomies compared with abdominal hysterectomy. 5 However, the high rate of vaginal hysterectomy in Western Australia implies a level of general expertise in the procedure that may not be found in countries where the abdominal route is still favoured. This study was limited by the use of administrative data that were not collected specifically for research. Nonspecific coding affected reliability of estimates such as the impact of endometrial ablation on the rates of hysterectomy, the type and extent of laparoscopy used during hysterectomy procedures and the temporal pattern of procedural complications. It is also unlikely that the reported diagnosis-related rate changes can be totally explained by real variations in disease burden. Continual efforts to improve data quality over the study period influenced coding patterns so that earlier nonspecific symptomatic coding such as abnormal bleeding would have been replaced by more specific diagnostic codes, specific procedural codes were introduced and procedural complications were recorded more readily. In conclusion, Western Australia has one of the highest hysterectomy rates in the world but performs proportionally few abdominal hysterectomies compared with most countries. There were large variations in the rates of hysterectomy to treat underlying conditions over time, a likely response to concern regarding over servicing. Indigenous women and women living in rural and remote areas have a different 88 ª RCOG 6 BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
6 Hysterectomy rates in Western Australia hysterectomy profile compared with nonindigenous women living in metropolitan areas that may reflect issues relating to culture and access of care. Acknowledgements We thank the Western Australia Data Linkage Unit for supplying the data analysed in this study and the National Health and Medical Research Council for financial support of the Western Australia Safety and Quality of Surgical Care Project. j References Garry R. The future of hysterectomy. BJOG 5;: 9. McGurgan P, O Donovan P. Endometrial ablation. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol ;5:7. Hickey M, Farquhar CM. Update on treatment of menstrual disorders. Med J Aust ;78:65 9. Harris MB, Olive DL. Changing hysterectomy patterns after introduction of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 99;7:. 5 Benassi L, Rossi T, Kaihura CT, Ricci L, Bedocchi L, Galanti B, et al. Abdominal or vaginal hysterectomy for enlarged uteri: a randomized clinical trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol ;87: Falcone T, Paraiso MF, Mascha E. Prospective randomized clinical trial of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy versus total abdominal hysterectomy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 999;8: Johnson N, Barlow D, Lethaby A, Tavender E, Curr L, Garry R. Methods of hysterectomy: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Br Med J 5;:78. 8 Byles JE, Mishra G, Scholfield M. Factors associated with hysterectomy among women in Australia. Health Place ;6: 8. 9 Progetto Menopausa Italia Study Group. Determinants of hysterectomy and oophorectomy in women attending menopause clinics in Italy. Maturitas ;6:9 5. Treloar SA, Do K-A, O Connor V, O Connor DT, Yeo MA, Martin NG. Predictors of hysterectomy: an Australian study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 999;8:95 5. Kjerulff K, Langenberg P, Guzinski G. The socioeconomic correlates of hysterectomy in the United States. Am J Public Health 99;8: 6 8. Bickell NA, Earp JA, Garrett JM, Evans AT. Gynecologists sex, clinical beliefs, and hysterectomy rates. Am J Public Health 99;8: MacLennan AH, MacLennan A, Wilson D. The prevalence of hysterectomy in South Australia. Med J Aust 99;58:87 9. McPherson K, Strong PM, Epstein A, Jones L. Regional variations in the use of common surgical procedures: within and between England and Wales, Canada and the United States of America. Soc Sci Med [A] 98;5: Semmens JB, Lawrence-Brown MM, Fletcher DR, Rouse IL, Holman CD. The Quality of Surgical Care Project: a model to evaluate surgical outcomes in Western Australia using population-based record linkage. Aust N Z J Surg 998;68:97. 6 Taylor R, Rushworth RL. Hysterectomy fractions in New South Wales, Aust N Z J Public Health 998;: Farquhar CM, Steiner CA. Hysterectomy rates in the United States Obstet Gynecol ;99:9. 8 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Australian hospital statistics (Table.6). In: Health Services Series No.. Canberra, Australia: AIHW;. 9 Merrill RM. Prevalence corrected hysterectomy rates and probabilities in Utah. Ann Epidemiol ;:7 5. Daniel A. NSW health care and discretionary surgery statistics. Med J Aust 985;:5. Opit LJ, Hobbs MST. Epidemics of procedures: growth in admissions in hospital in Western Australia. Med J Aust 979;:78 8. Reid PC, Mukri F. Trends in number of hysterectomies performed in England for menorrhagia: examination of health episode statistics, 989 to. Br Med J 5;:98 9. Thomson N, Irvine J. A Review of Cancer Among Aboriginal People in Western Australia. Perth, Australia: Cancer Foundation of Western Australia,. Condon JR, Barnes T, Armstrong BK, Selva-Nayagam S, Elwood JM. Stage at diagnosis and cancer survival for Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory. Med J Aust 5;8: Makinen J, Johansson J, Tomas C, Tomas E, Heinonen PK, Laatikainen T, et al. Morbidity of hysterectomies by type of approach. Hum Reprod ;6:7 8. ª RCOG 6 BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 89
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