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H B Peterson, J R Greenspan, F DeStefano, H W Ory, P M Layde.
Abstract
During the 1970s, tubal sterilization became an important method of fertility control in the United States. Over the same period laparoscopy emerged as an important innovation, one that has been associated with both a shift from postpartum to interval sterilization and a dramatic decrease in length of hospital stay required for sterilization. The use of laparoscopy has also been associated with an increase in hospital-based outpatient sterilization, particularly in the West. The number of sterilizations performed in hospitals and the use of laparoscopy for interval sterilization in hospitals both appear to have peaked. The laparoscope is an example of a technologic advance that has reduced medical care costs.Entities:
Keywords: Acceptor Characteristics; Age Factors; Americas; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Endoscopy; Examinations And Diagnoses; Family Planning; Female Sterilization; Geographic Factors; Gynecologic Surgery; Health; Health Facilities; Hospitals; Incidence; Interval Sterilization--statistics; Laparoscopy--statistics; Locale; Measurement; North America; Northern America; Physical Examinations And Diagnoses; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; Spatial Distribution; Sterilization, Sexual; United States
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Year: 1981 PMID： 6455065 DOI： 10.1016/0002-9378(81)90745-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol ISSN： 0002-9378 Impact factor: 8.661