Published 2019-12-01
“…Emily Verbus,1 Mustafa Ascha,2 Barbara Wilkinson,1 Mary Montague,1
Jane Morris,3 Brian M Mercer,3 Kavita Shah Arora3 1School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; 2Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USACorrespondence: Kavita Shah AroraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109, USATel +1 216-778-4444Fax +1 216-778-8642Email Kavita.Shah.Arora@gmail.comBackground: Prior studies have noted that public insurance status is associated with increased uptake of postpartum contraception whereas others have pointed to public insurance as a barrier to accessing highly effective forms of contraception.Objective: To assess differences in planned method and provision of postpartum contraception according to insurance type.Study Design: This is a secondary analysis of a retrospective cohort study examining postpartum women delivered at a single hospital in Cleveland, Ohio from 2012–2014. …”
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