Factors associated with the timing of abortions.
Medicaid
abortions
gestational age
parental involvement
Journal
Health economics
ISSN: 1099-1050
Titre abrégé: Health Econ
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9306780
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2020
02 2020
Historique:
received:
01
09
2018
revised:
09
08
2019
accepted:
02
11
2019
pubmed:
4
12
2019
medline:
19
5
2021
entrez:
4
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The timing of an abortion (often measured as gestational age) can have important effects on the woman's physical health and on the cost of the procedure. To the authors' knowledge, there has been only one national analysis of the factors associated with the gestational age at abortion, but it employed data from over 20 years ago. The state-specific studies that have explored abortion timing have typically examined the effects of a specific change in abortion regulations. In this study, we employ annual, state-level data covering the 1991-2014 period that measure the frequency of abortions by gestational age. We regress these measures of abortion utilization on policy, economic, demographic, and health care infrastructure characteristics. The estimates indicate that the introduction of state restrictions on Medicaid funding of abortions is associated with a 13% increase in the rate of abortions after the first trimester. We do not find a statistically significant association between parental involvement laws and the rate or percentage of post-first-trimester abortions.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
223-233Informations de copyright
© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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