Hospital religious affiliation and emergency contraceptive prescribing practices.
With access to reproductive health care eroding, examination of prescribing of contraception, including emergency contraception (EC), is important. We examined whether working in a family practice affiliated with a religious institution changes the likelihood of a provider prescribing EC. Our survey asked about EC prescribing practices in a range of situations. As predicted, practitioners in non-religiously affiliated practices reported higher rates of prescribing EC than those in religiously affiliated practices. In both cases, however, the practitioners' prescribing patterns were inadequate.
Rubin
Susan E
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Department of Family Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, the Bronx, NY, USA.
Grumet
Surah
S
Prine
Linda
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D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016912:Levonorgestrel / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009515:New Jersey; D009519:New York City; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D013997:Time Factors
D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital; D016912:Levonorgestrel