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Postpartum LARC uptake increased with separate payment
Key clinical point: Separate reimbursement for post-partum LARCs linked to higher uptake and fewer short-interval pregnancies.
Major finding: Uptake of immediate post-partum LARCs increase 8.32 percentage points in adolescents with separate reimbursement policy.
Study details: Study of Medicaid claims data for 242,825 childbirth hospitalizations.
Disclosures: The study was supported by the Eric M. Mindich Research Fund and one author was supported by National Institutes of Health. No conflicts of interest were declared.
Citation:
Steenland M et al. JAMA 2019, June 3. DOI:10.1001/jama.2019.6854.