Out-of-pocket costs and insurance coverage for abortion in the United States

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Roberts, Sarah C M ^a   Gould, Heather ^a   Kimport, Katrina ^a   Weitz, Tracy A ^a   Foster, Diana Greene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FUNDING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ABORTION; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; UNITED STATES; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895813438     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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