Medication abortion via digital health in the United States: a systematic scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Digital health, including telemedicine, has increased access to abortion care. The convenience, flexibility of appointment times, and ensured privacy to abortion users may make abortion services via telemedicine preferable. This scoping review systematically mapped studies conducted on abortion services via telemedicine, including their effectiveness and acceptability for abortion users and providers. All published papers included abortion services via telemedicine in the United States were considered. Articles were searched in PubMed, CINAHL, and Google Scholar databases in September 2022. The findings were synthesized narratively, and the PRISMA-ScR guidelines were used to report this study. Out of 757 retrieved articles, 33 articles were selected based on the inclusion criteria. These s

SUBMITTER: Kumsa FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10338479 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature