Lead Sponsor

Bayer

Age

18 - 49 years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

•Women aged 18 through 49 years at the index date
•at least one claim of the hysteroscopic sterilization procedure or interval laparoscopic tubal ligation at any time during January 1, 2010 -December 31, 2012
•Had 6 months of continuous medical and pharmacy benefits pre-index date which is considered the baseline period to capture all patient characteristics prior to the procedure
•Had 12 months of continuous medical and pharmacy benefits post-index date (i.e., follow-up period)

•Women who underwent a postpartum tubal ligation procedure during the entire study period
•Women who had claims of a sterilization procedure during the baseline period
•Women who had a claim for pregnancy or delivery within 6 weeks prior to the index date
•Women who had more than one type of sterilization procedure (i.e., combination of hysteroscopic sterilization, laparoscopic tubal ligation or mini-laparotomy) on the same index date
•Women who had concurrent procedures on the same day as the index sterilization procedure that were performed for reasons beyond the purpose of sterilization