在伊利诺伊州实施医疗补助计划后,堕胎准入的变化:回顾性分析
Carmela Zuniga1, Valeria Hernandez2, Debra Stulberg2
1Ibis Reproductive Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
BMJ public health
|April 22, 2025
概括
伊利诺伊州众议院40号法案扩大了医疗补助计划对堕胎的覆盖范围,大大减少了医疗补助计划患者的妊娠年龄差异. 这一政策也增加了这个群体中的药物堕胎率,改善了获得和公平.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
背景情况:
- 2018年颁布的伊利诺伊州众议院法案40 (HB-40) 允许州政府资金用于支付医疗补助受益人的堕胎费用.
- 在HB-40之前,Medicaid患者获得堕胎服务受到资金限制的限制.
研究的目的:
- 量化评估HB-40对伊利诺伊州居民堕胎机会的影响.
- 具体评估堕胎时妊娠年龄的变化以及医疗补助和非医疗补助患者的堕胎方法.
主要方法:
- 从18个卫生中心 (2017-2020年) 进行67,462次堕胎访问的回顾性分析.
- 在HB-40实施前和之后的服务交付模式的比较.
- 统计分析包括t测试,差异回归和奇平方测试.
主要成果:
- 在2017年至2020年期间,医疗补助计划支付的堕胎比例从15%增加到49%.
- 医疗补助患者在HB-40后的平均妊娠年龄显著下降 (IRR=0.93).
- 孕期≤11周的医疗补助患者的比例增加,缩小了与非医疗补助患者的差距.
结论:
- 医疗补助计划对堕胎的覆盖范围减少了怀孕年龄的保险相关差异.
- HB-40与医疗补助患者中药物流产的增加有关.
- 调查结果表明,在政策变化之后,堕胎获得的公平性得到了改善.
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