Out of Time and Out of Pocket: Experiences of Women Seeking State-Subsidized Insurance for Abortion Care in Massachusetts

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages S21-S25

  Bessett, Danielle ^a   Gorski, Katey ^b   Jinadasa, Deepani ^c   Ostrow, Marcy ^d   Peterson, Megan J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund   (United States)

^d Jane Fund of Central Massachusetts   (United States)

^e National Network of Abortion Funds   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LITERACY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL ABORTION; ABORTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME; INDUCED ABORTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABORTION APPLICANTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MASSACHUSETTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79955718092     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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