THE PROVISION OF FAMILYPLANNING CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES

Perceived and insurance-related barriers to the provision of contraceptive services in U.S. abortion care settings.

BACKGROUND Abortion facilities represent a potentially convenient setting for providing contraception to women experiencing unintended pregnancies. This analysis examines a range of factors that may act as barriers to integrating contraceptive and abortion services and documents abortion providers' perspectives on their role in their patients' contraceptive care. METHODS Administrators from 1...

The provision and funding of contraceptive services at publicly funded family planning agencies: 1995-2003.

CONTEXT Publicly funded family planning agencies face significant challenges in delivering quality services to low-income women because of the higher costs of newer contraceptive methods, changes in health care financing and a growing uninsured population. METHODS In 2003, 627 of a nationally representative sample of 956 U.S. agencies receiving public funding for family planning services resp...

Onsite provision of specialized contraceptive services: does Title X funding enhance access?

BACKGROUND This article presents the extent to which providers enrolled in California's Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment (Family PACT) program offer contraceptive methods onsite, thus eliminating one important access barrier. Family PACT has a diverse provider network, including public-sector providers receiving Title X funding, public-sector providers not receiving Title X funding,...

Provision of contraceptive and related services by publicly funded family planning clinics, 2003.

CONTEXT In addition to contraceptive services, publicly funded family planning clinics provide low-income women with a range of reproductive diagnostic, treatment and educational services. Nationally representative information about the scope of services available from clinics is needed to formulate policy and programmatic recommendations. METHODS In 2003, more than 1,000 U.S. clinics respond...

Provision of laboratory services.