Changes in Rates of Inpatient Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception and Sterilization in the USA, 2012-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine recent rates of long-acting and permanent methods (LAPM) of contraception use during delivery hospitalization and correlates of their use.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study utilizing the 2012-2016 National Inpatient Sample of hospitalizations in the United States of America. The International Classification of Diseases, 9th and 10th Revision, Clinical Modification codes were used to identify deliveries, inpatient long-acting reversible contraception (IPP LARC), and postpartum tubal ligation (PPTL). We conducted univariable and multivariable logistic regression to examine associations between demographic, clinical, hospital and geographical characteristics with likelihood of LAPM including IPP LARC and PPTL.

Results

Our sample included 3,642,32

SUBMITTER: Sheyn D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449803 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature