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SUBMITTER: Apostolou A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6187779 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Apostolou Andria A Chapman Christina C Person Marissa M Kreisel Kristen K McCollum Jeffrey J
American journal of public health 20180925 11
<h4>Objectives</h4>To describe trends in rates of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) encounters among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women aged 15 to 44 years in the United States receiving care within the Indian Health Service (IHS).<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed IHS discharge data sets for PID encounters during 2001 to 2015 with International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, diagnosis codes. We calculated rates of PID encounters per 100 000 women overall an ...[more]