Lifetime abortion incidence when abortion care is covered by Medicaid: Maryland versus five comparison states.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the association of Medicaid coverage of abortion care with cumulative lifetime abortion incidence among women insured by Medicaid.

Data sources and study setting

We use 2016-2019 (Pre-Dobbs) data from the Survey of Women studies that represent women aged 18-44 living in six U.S. states. One state, Maryland, has a Medicaid program that has long covered the cost of abortion care. The other five states, Alabama, Delaware, Iowa, Ohio, and South Carolina, have Medicaid programs that do not cover the cost of abortion care. Our sample includes 8972 women residing in the study states.

Study design

Our outcome, cumulative lifetime abortion incidence, is identified using an indirect survey method, the double list experiment. We use a multivariate regressio

SUBMITTER: Jackson HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11366969 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature