title: Family planning in a hospital clinic.
abstract: The establishment of a hospital board family planning clinic and the results during its first year of operation are described. Three hundred and fifty-four patients were seen, a third of whom were interested in sterilisation. Only 3 percent presented with infertility and less than 1 percent referred themselves inappropriately. The failure rate in terms of unwanted unplanned pregnancies was 2 percent, and a further 1 percent had socially inconvenient but desired pregnancies. Of those established on contraception 45 percent chose the pill, 34 percent the intra-uterine device and approximately 10 percent each the injection or a barrier method;
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003273:Contraceptive Devices; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D007434:Intrauterine Devices; D008297:Male; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009520:New Zealand; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone