Adherence to the Women's Preventive Services Guidelines in the Affordable Care Act.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the adherence of women's health providers in New Mexico to the Women's Preventive Services Guidelines and to examine how providers' knowledge, attitudes, and external barriers are associated with adherence.

Design

Cross-sectional, descriptive survey.

Setting

New Mexico.

Participants

Women's health providers in New Mexico, including nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and family practice and obstetrician-gynecologist physicians.

Methods

Participants completed a self-administered survey to measure knowledge, attitudes, external barriers, and adherence to each of the eight guidelines. Adherence was defined as following a guideline more than 90% of the time.

Results

The response rate was 22% (399/1,798). Among the eight

SUBMITTER: Tinkle MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5198580 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov - Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature