Racial and ethnic disparities in postpartum care and contraception in California's Medicaid program

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 47.e1-47.e7

  Thiel de Bocanegra, Heike ^a   Braughton, Monica ^a   Bradsberry, Mary ^a   Howell, Mike ^a   Logan, Julia ^b   Schwarz, Eleanor Bimla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Medical Director's Office   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health disparities; highly effective contraception; Medicaid; postpartum care; postpartum contraception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RACE DIFFERENCE; SPANISH (LANGUAGE); AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; LANGUAGE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CONTRACEPTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAID; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017102086     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.02.040     Document Type: Article

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