Few clinicians provide a wide range of contraceptive methods to Medicaid beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Access to contraception services is an essential component of reproductive autonomy; however, low-income individuals frequently face barriers to care, including a shortage of providers who both accept Medicaid and offer contraception services.

Methods

We used 2021 Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System Prescription and Other Service files to identify clinicians who provided contraception (prescription, implant, and/or intrauterine device (IUD)) to Medicaid beneficiaries.

Results

We identified 523 077 primary care and women's health specialty clinicians (obstetrician-gynecologists, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and midwives) who provided care to reproductive aged (15-44 years) female

SUBMITTER: Strasser J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12778328 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature