Abstract
Introduction: Medicaid expansion increased access to care, but longitudinal patterns of contraception use after the Medicaid expansion have not been described. Methods: We evaluated the effects of Medicaid expansion on the amount and type of contraceptive prescriptions using the Medicaid State Utilization Dataset. Results: Overall long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) use increased in both expansion and non-expansion states. In a difference-in-differences analysis, states that expanded Medicaid had no appreciable increase in per-capita prescription rates of LARC (p = 0.26) or short-acting hormonal contraception (p = 0.09) when compared to nonexpansion states. Discussion: The Medicaid expansion was not associated with a change in per-capita LARC or short-acting hormonal contraception use.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 199-202 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Contraception |
Volume | 103 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2021 |
Keywords
- Access to care
- Contraception
- Health policy
- Medicaid expansion
- Prevention
- Women's health
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Reproductive Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynecology