The Public Costs of Births Resulting from Unintended Pregnancies: National and State-Level Estimates

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 94-102

  Sonfield, Adam ^a   Kost, Kathryn ^a   Gold, Rachel Benson ^a   Finer, Lawrence B ^a  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

BIRTH RATE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, UNWANTED; COST SAVINGS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958752697     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4309411     Document Type: Article

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