Primary care services for an emergency department population: a novel location for contraception

To assess contraceptive provision site preferences in female urban Baltimore emergency department patients. This cross-sectional questionnaire study was completed by 790 women, a population sufficient to detect a 10% intersite difference. The results were analyzed with chi-square, univariate and mul...

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Published in:Contraception (Stoneham) 2005, Vol.71 (1), p.40-44
Main Authors: Todd, Catherine S., Plantinga, Laura C., Lichenstein, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Ambulatory Care - statistics & numerical data
Ambulatory Care - utilization
Baltimore
Biological and medical sciences
Chi-Square Distribution
Contraception - standards
Contraception - statistics & numerical data
Contraception - utilization
Contraceptive services
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy
Emergency department
Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Medical sciences
Patient Satisfaction
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Primary care
Primary Health Care - utilization
Risk Factors
Social Class
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:To assess contraceptive provision site preferences in female urban Baltimore emergency department patients. This cross-sectional questionnaire study was completed by 790 women, a population sufficient to detect a 10% intersite difference. The results were analyzed with chi-square, univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Obtaining contraception other than from a physician's office was acceptable to 57.2% of the subjects, particularly those uninsured (p=.006) and without primary care providers (p
ISSN:0010-7824
1879-0518
DOI:10.1016/j.contraception.2004.08.009