Table 2 Systematic component of variation (SCV) between health care regions per diagnostic category in 2001–2002 and 2017–2018 and multilevel model based correlation with time between 2001 and 2018
SCV(*100) | SCV(*100) | Correlation with time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2001–2002 | 2017–2018 | |||
Indication | ||||
Leiomyoma | 0.9 | 2.3 | − 0.93 | < .0001 |
Malignancy | 3.0 | 1.3 | − 0.95 | < .0001 |
Genital prolapse | 1.7 | 1.3 | − 0.71 | 0.0005 |
Endometriosis | 1.2 | 18.5 | − 0.88 | < .0001 |
Abnormal uterine bleeding | 4.7 | 20.3 | − 0.89 | < .0001 |
Other diagnoses | 4.0 | 4.1 | − 0.97 | < .0001 |
All | 1.5 | 2.1 | − 0.84 | < .0001 |