Medicaid family planning expansions and related preventive care

Laura Wherry

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 9, 1577-1578

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.

Keywords: adult; article; behavioral risk factor surveillance system; breast disease; family planning; female; human; medicaid; organization and management; preventive medicine; serodiagnosis; statistics; United States; utilization review; vagina smear, Adult; AIDS Serodiagnosis; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Breast Diseases; Family Planning Services; Female; Humans; Medicaid; Preventive Medicine; United States; Vaginal Smears; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301266

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