The Incidence of Intrauterine Device Provision in a Military Tertiary Care Facility From 2008–2014 Correlated to Contemporary Contraception Guidelines

ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the incidence of intrauterine device (IUD) provision within the beneficiary population of a military tertiary care facility from 2008 to 2014 and in correlation with the publication of landmark contemporary guidelines for contraceptive use. Methods: This was a retrospective observational study conducted in a military tertiary care facility using coding data to examine the trend in IUD provision correlated with published contraceptive practice guidelines from November 2008 to December 2014. The incidence of device provision was calculated per 1,000 female beneficiaries more than the age of 14 per month. The primary outcome was the mean monthly incidence of IUD in correlation with publication of the U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (2010) and the Practice Guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2011). For the subset of provisions that occurred by Family Medicine providers, the American Academy of Family Physicians (2012) ...