title: Perspectives of Chinese healthcare providers on medical abortion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate Chinese healthcare providers' knowledge regarding medical abortion, to understand provider preferences for abortion methods, and to investigate the role of remuneration on providers' decision making.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between November 2009 and May 2010, 658 abortion service providers from family-planning service centers and hospitals in Shenzhen and Henan, China, were surveyed via self-administered questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The knowledge score (out of a maximum of 32) regarding medical abortion was 16-20 for 60.9% of the providers; 20.4% of the providers preferred medical abortion to surgical abortion, whereas 35.0% preferred surgical abortion. Overall, 72.2% of providers stated that they did not receive any commission for providing medical abortion or surgical abortion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most healthcare providers believed that surgical abortion was preferable to medical abortion. Efforts should be made to overcome the perceived disadvantages of medical abortion.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: Yuhan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaomei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yucui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Liyan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Yimin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005249:Fees and Charges / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult