Expanded State-Funded Family Planning Services

Estimating Pregnancies Averted by the Family Pact Program in California, 1997–1998

Bibliographic Data

ID11036609
AuthorsDiana Greene Foster (0000-0002-2741-0283, The authors are researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy.), Cynthia M Klaisle (The authors are researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy.), Cynthia Klaisle (Center For Policy Research), Maya Blum (0000-0003-3848-4314, The authors are researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy.), Mary E Bradsberry (The authors are researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy.), Mary Bradsberry (Center For Policy Research), Claire D Brindis (0000-0002-2284-3936, The authors are researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy.), Felicia H Stewart (The authors are researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy.)
Year2004
Volume94
Issue8
Pages1341-1346
Publication date2004-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.8.1341
PMID15284041
OpenAlexW2118138346
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited10

Objectives. The California Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment Program was implemented in 1997 to provide family planning services for uninsured, low-income women and men. We estimated the impact on fertility of providing 500 000 women with contraceptives. Methods. Paid claims and medical record review data were used to estimate pregnancies averted. Pregnancies women experienced while enrolled in the program and pregnancies they would have experienced given methods used before enrollment were modeled as a Markov process. Results. One year of Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment services averted an estimated 108 000 unintended pregnancies that would have resulted in 50 000 unintended births and 41 000 induced abortions. Conclusions. Providing contraceptives to low income, medically indigent women significantly reduced the number of unintended pregnancies in California

Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Pact · Political science · Population · Research methodology · State (computer science) · Computer Science · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception

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