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- Title
Medicaid Family Planning Expansions and Related Preventive Care.
- Authors
Wherry, Laura R.
- Abstract
I examined the impact of state expansions in eligibility for Medicaid family planning services on the utilization of Papanicolaou (Pap) tests, clinical breast examinations, HIV testing, and routine doctor check-ups among women aged 21 to 44 years using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (1993-2009). Using a natural experiment approach, I found significant increases in Pap tests and clinical breast examinations among women eligible for services under the expansions but no significant change in HIV testing or routine doctor check-ups.
- Subjects
BREAST tumor diagnosis; HEALTH behavior; HEALTH services accessibility; MEDICAID; PAP test; PREVENTIVE health services; PROBABILITY theory; RESEARCH funding; SURVEYS; ELIGIBILITY (Social aspects); BIRTH control policy; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; DATA analysis software
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2013, Vol 103, Issue 9, p1577
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2013.301266