Medicaid policy on sterilization - Anachronistic or still relevant?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 102-104

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

^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; PATIENT SAFETY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84892615756     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1313325     Document Type: Article

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