Impact of clinic closures on women obtaining abortion services after implementation of a restrictive law in Texas

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 857-864

  Gerdts, Caitlin ^a   Fuentes, Liza ^a   Grossman, Daniel ^b   White, Kari ^c   Keefe Oates, Brianna ^a   Baum, Sarah E ^a   Hopkins, Kristine ^d   Stolp, Chandler W ^d   Potter, Joseph E ^d  

^a IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963590661     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303134     Document Type: Article

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