Factors that affect the provision of medical abortion services in Australian primary care: a mixed methods systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To synthesise primary research findings about factors that affect medical abortion provision by general practitioners, nurses, midwives, and pharmacists in Australia.

Study design

Mixed methods systematic review of peer-reviewed primary publications of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies of the provision of medical abortion in Australian primary care, 1 January 2013 - 18 January 2025.

Data sources

MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature).

Data synthesis

Twenty-three publications satisfied our inclusion criteria. We undertook a thematic synthesis of the qualitative study findings to identify barriers and facilitators of medical abortion provision, and assessed the confidence of

SUBMITTER: Skahill G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12276729 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature