Social factors, rather than medical reasons alone, seem to dictate decisions on hysterectomy surgeries for women in India, says a new research analysis. It found hysterectomy was two times more prevalent among women from the richest wealth quintile (17.3%) than among poorer women (7.7%). “Women belonging to other backward castes category, women belonging to the richest wealth quintile and those with a lower age of marriage were at a higher risk of undergoing hysterectomy,” said...