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Objective: This study was undertaken to compare resource use outcomes for participants in the Medicine or Surgery (Ms)- randomized trial. Study design: In a randomized controlled trial, we compared resources used during a 24- month follow-up period by women with abnormal uterine bleeding who were randomly assigned to either expanded medical treatment or hysterectomy. Results: Women randomly assigned to hysterectomy used significantly more resources (medicine = $ 4479, hysterectomy = $ 6777; P = .03), with almost all the difference caused by the hysterectomy procedure. Fifty- three percent of women randomly assigned to medicine had a hysterectomy during the follow- up period; women who were able to continue on medical therapy had mean total resource use of $ 2595 compared with $ 6128 for medicine patients who eventually had surgery. Conclusion: For women with abnormal uterine bleeding refractory to cyclic medroxyprogesterone acetate, compared with expanded medical treatment, hysterectomy increases resource use significantly and results in better clinical and 6- month quality- of- life outcomes.
Objective: This study was undertaken to compare resources use outcomes for participants in the Medicine or Surgery (Ms) - randomized trial. Study design: In a randomized controlled trial, we compared resources used during a 24- month follow-up period by women with abnormal uterine bleeding who was randomly assigned to either expanded medical treatment or hysterectomy. Results: Women randomly assigned to hysterectomy used significantly more resources (medicine = $ 4479, hysterectomy = $ 6777; P = .03), with almost all the difference caused by the hysterectomy procedure. Fifty- three percent of women randomly assigned to medicine had a hysterectomy during the follow- up period; women who were able to continue on on medical therapy had mean total resource use of $ 2595 compared with $ 6128 for medicine patients who eventually had surgery. Conclusion: For women with abnormal uterine bleeding refractory to cyclic medroxyprogesterone acetate, compared with expanded medical treatment, hys terectomy increases resource use significantly and results in better clinical and 6- month quality- of- life outcomes.