title: Hospital religious affiliation and emergency contraceptive prescribing practices.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, the Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Surah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grumet
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prine
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital; D016912:Levonorgestrel