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YEAR: 1996

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Repeat fertility and contraceptive implant use among Medicaid recipients in

Colorado.

AUTHORS

Ricketts SA

SOURCE

Family Planning Perspectives. 1996 Nov-Dec;28(6):278-80, 284.

ABSTRACT

The hormonal contraceptive implant was approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration in December

1990, after which Colorado's Medicaid program approved the implant as a program method in November 1991. This

paper reports findings on repeat delivery rates and implant use in a population of Medicaid-eligible women in

Colorado. Two cohorts of women who had their first Medicaid-eligible birth in 1991 and 1992 were studied. The rate

of repeat delivery within 24 months of the preceding birth fell from 14.1% among 11,554 women who first delivered in

1991 to 10.6% among 13,624 women who first delivered in 1992. This 25% decline in the rate of repeat births

between the two cohorts was statistically significant. Among Medicaid-eligible mothers who first gave birth as

teenagers, the rates were 22.3% in the 1991 cohort and 15.9% in the 1992 cohort. Among the 2739 Medicaid-eligible

women who delivered in 1992 and chose to use the implant within 6 months of delivery, the repeat delivery rate was

only 2.5% within 24 months. The repeat delivery rate among implant users in the 1992 cohort who first gave birth as

teenagers was 2.3%. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2059-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Repeat fertility and contraceptive implant use among

Medicaid recipients in Colorado.", is(are) Ricketts SA. The source of this article is "Family Planning Perspectives.

1996 Nov-Dec;28(6):278-80, 284.". This article was published in 1996 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT2T 2059-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7059

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