Medical specialties vary considerably in their management of urinary incontinence (UI) in women, despite the availability of UI treatment guidelines, new study findings suggest.
In addition, the study showed that most women do not have their type of UI categorized and urinalysis is underused.
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York led by Bilal Chughtai, MD, analyzed 1999–2010 data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medicare Care Survey. They identified visits by adult female patients to physician practices or hospital outpatient departments where UI was the chief complaint or primary diagnosis.
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