title: Rural and urban family planning services in the United States.
abstract: Family planning programs have become more efficient. It cost $66 per patient in 1976 to provide services in both rural and urban programs--the same cost reported in 1971, despite a 40 percent increase in prices since that time. Rural programs are dominated by health departments, lack health professionals, are more likely to insist teenagers have parental consent.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D012423:Rural Health; D014481:United States; D014504:Urban Health