Potential unintended pregnancies averted and cost savings associated with a revised Medicaid sterilization policy

Contraception

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 691-696

  Borrero, Sonya ^a,b   Zite, Nikki ^c   Potter, Joseph E ^d   Trussell, James ^e,f   Smith, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Tubal sterilization; Unfulfilled sterilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAID; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

COST ANALYSIS; TUBAL STERILIZATION; UNFULFILLED STERILIZATION;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888008744     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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