Funding policies and postabortion long-acting reversible contraception: results from a cluster randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Almost one-half of women having an abortion in the United States have had a previous procedure, which highlights a failure to provide adequate preventive care. Provision of intrauterine devices and implants, which have high upfront costs, can be uniquely challenging in the abortion care setting.

Objective

We conducted a study of a clinic-wide training intervention on long-acting reversible contraception and examined the effect of the intervention, insurance coverage, and funding policies on the use of long-acting contraceptives after an abortion.

Study design

This subanalysis of a cluster, randomized trial examines data from the 648 patients who had undergone an abortion who were recruited from 17 reproductive health centers across the United States. The tr

SUBMITTER: Rocca CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6005688 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature