Guttmacher Institute. (2014). Fact sheet: Publicly funded family planning services in the United States. Available: www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_contraceptive_serv.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
The Evidence for LARC Methods
Guttmacher Institute. (2015d). Fact sheet: Contraceptive use in the United States. Available: www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_contr_use.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
Salganicoff A., Ranji U., Beamesderfer A., & Kurani N. (2014). Women and health care in the early years of the ACA: Key findings from the 2013 Kaiser Women's Health Survey. Available: https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/8590-women-andhealth-care-in-the-early-years-of-the-affordable-care-act.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
Policies Impacting LARC Coverage and Payment
National Women's Law Center. (2015). Fact sheet: Contraceptive coverage in the health care law: Frequently asked questions. Available: www.nwlc.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/contraceptive_coverage_in_the_healh_care_law_frequently_asked_questions.pdfv3_.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
Salganicoff A., Ranji U., Beamesderfer A., & Kurani N. (2014). Women and health care in the early years of the ACA: Key findings from the 2013 Kaiser Women's Health Survey. Available: https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/8590-women-andhealth-care-in-the-early-years-of-the-affordable-care-act.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). (2015). FAQs about affordable care act implementation (part XXVI). Available: https://www.cms.gov/CCIIO/Resources/Fact-Sheets-and-FAQs/Downloads/aca_implementation_faqs26.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
Guttmacher Institute. (2015b). State policies in brief: Insurance coverage of contraceptives. Available: www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_ICC.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
Policies Affecting LARC Initiation
Health Management Associates. (2013). Medicaid reimbursement for post-partum LARC. Available: https://www.acog.org/∼/media/Departments/LARC/HMAPostpartumReimbursmtResource.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). (2014). Medicaid reimbursement for postpartum LARC by state. Available: www.acog.org/About-ACOG/ACOG-Departments/Long-Acting-Reversible-Contraception/Coding-and-Reimbursement-for-LARC/Reimbursement-Resources-for-Postpartum-LARC-Initiation/Medicaid-Reimbursement-for-Postpartum-LARC-By-State. Accessed August 24, 2015.
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). (2014). Long acting reversible contraception (LARC) learning community launch report. Available: www.astho.org/Programs/Maternal-and-ChildHealth/Long-Acting-Reversible-Contraception-LARC/. Accessed August 24, 2015.
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL). (2015). Fact sheet: Affiliation bans would devastate states’ family-planning systems. Available: www.prochoiceamerica.org/media/fact-sheets/abortionbirthcontrol-family-planning-state-government-affiliation-bans.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
LARC Access in Vulnerable Populations: Minors and Women Living in the United States without Legal Permission
Guttmacher Institute. (2015a). Fact sheet: Unintended pregnancy in the United States. Available: www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FBUnintendedPregnancy-US.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
Office of Population Affairs. (2014). Program requirements for Title X Funded family planning projects. Available: www.hhs.gov/opa/pdfs/ogccleared-final-april.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
Guttmacher Institute. (2015c). State policies in brief: Minors' access to contraceptive services. Available: www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_MACS.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Immigration reform. (2015). Available: www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/immigration-reform/. Accessed August 24, 2015.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2015). State profiles: How will the uninsured fare under the Affordable Care Act? Available: http://kff.org/stateprofilesuninsured-under-aca/. Accessed August 24, 2015.
University of California, San Francisco Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, California Department of Public Health, & California Department of Health Care Services–Office of Family Planning. (2012). Fact sheet on Family PACT: An overview. Available: www.familypact.org/Providers/Factsheets/AccessToFamilyPlanningServics_ADA.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2015.
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Funding Statement: Dr. Batra's time is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Clinical Scholars Program, grant number 71897).