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The three said states have more than double the number of hysterectomies taking place than the national average. Our purpose is to analyse whether these rates are increasing, decreasing or have stabilized and their reasons thereof. Such an analyses will help the policy makers in recommending good clinical practices within their states.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Material and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We used data from NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-2021) rounds. We calculated the differences in predicted probabilities for various factors, performed a Fairlie Decomposition analyses to quantify the positive and negative contributors in the prevalence of hysterectomy across the three states over two time points, and assessed the association of various socio-demographic characteristics to hysterectomy through a multilevel logistic regression model.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results and conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The results show that out of a total of 80,976 eligible respondents from the states under study, 5826 respondents self-reported that they had a hysterectomy done. It was found that older age, living in rural areas, belonging to other backward classes and higher wealth quintile, and higher parity positively contributed to the increased prevalence of hysterectomies in the three states. Higher educational attainment and previous use of family planning methods acted as protective factors. Characteristics at the household level had the highest intra-class correlation value in the prevalence of hysterectomy among women, followed by the Primary Sampling Unit and District levels, indicating high clustering in the prevalence of hysterectomy at the household level in all three states. Heavy menstrual bleeding\/pain was the leading cause of hysterectomies in all three states, followed by fibroids\/cysts in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and Uterine disorder\/ prolapse in Bihar. Over 80% of hysterectomies took place in the private hospitals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Recommendations<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study recommends better, more efficient and accountable hysterectomy surveillance to ensure more sustainable woman\u2019s reproductive health services in India. Government should adopt and implement standard regulatory guidelines to prevent provider-driven avoidable hysterectomies. Moreover, we recommend informing primary care professionals about the long-term health effects of hysterectomy and promoting alternate therapies for treating uterine fibroids and heavy bleeding.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12905-024-02886-7","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,9]],"date-time":"2024-02-09T09:02:32Z","timestamp":1707469352000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Key drivers of hysterectomy among women of reproductive age in three states in India: comparative evidence from NFHS-4 and NFHS-5"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0824-9073","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shri Kant","family":"Singh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6208-9229","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kirti","family":"Chauhan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4212-2658","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vrijesh","family":"Tripathi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,9]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"2886_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"23","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2015.02.019","volume":"213","author":"A Hammer","year":"2015","unstructured":"Hammer A, Rositch AF, Kahlert J, Gravitt PE, Blaakaer J, S\u00f8gaard M. 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