Association of Travel Distance to Nearest Abortion Facility With Rates of Abortion.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Travel distance to abortion services varies widely in the US. Some evidence shows travel distance affects use of abortion care, but there is no national analysis of how abortion rate changes with travel distance.

Objective

To examine the association between travel distance to the nearest abortion care facility and the abortion rate and to model the effect of reduced travel distance.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional geographic analysis used 2015 data on abortions by county of residence from 1948 counties in 27 states. Abortion rates were modeled using a spatial Poisson model adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, marital status, educational attainment, household poverty, nativity, and state abortion policies. Abortion rates for 3107 counties

SUBMITTER: Thompson KMJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8261612 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature