How do Specialists Address Contraceptive Care Compared to General Practitioners in a Federally Qualified Health Center in Maryland.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine associations between primary provider specialty and the contraceptive care that patients receive in a Federally Qualified Health Center setting in Maryland.

Methods

A study of reproductive-age patients and their providers was performed from January 2018 to December 2021. A pooled crosssectional survey of electronic medical record data for 44 127 encounters of 22 828 patients was performed to calculate the odds of contraceptive care being addressed by patients who had General Practitioner, OB/GYN, pediatrician, or infectious disease (ID) specialists as their primary providers.

Results

In 19 041 encounters (43%), contraception was addressed through either counseling alone, documentation of a contraceptive prescription, or long-acting reversible c

SUBMITTER: Hart L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10176583 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature