Study Data from University of Colorado Update Understanding of Insurance (Non-monetary Obstacles To Medical Care: Evidence From Postpartum Contraceptives): Insurance

2023 AUG 04 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Hospital & Nursing Home Daily -- Fresh data on Insurance are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Denver, Colorado, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “We use changes to Medicaid immediate postpartum policy to test whether non-monetary costs are meaningful obstacles to health care. Medicaid in several states currently covers long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs, including IUDs and implants) immediately following delivery of a child, eliminating much of the time-cost and stress associated with obtaining a LARC.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Colorado, “Postpartum LARCs can reduce unintended and short-interval pregnancies, which are associated with adverse neonatal outcomes. Births that occur in Catholic-owned hospitals are an ideal control group, because these hospitals are prohibited from offering family-planning services, including LARCs. Using difference-in-differences and individual-level administrative data from Louisiana and New York, we find eliminating non-monetary obstacles increases take-up of a high-value and highly effective form of contraception.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Additionally, we find no evidence of crowd-out of outpatient LARCs.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Non-monetary Obstacles To Medical Care: Evidence From Postpartum Contraceptives. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2023. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1520-6688)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Barton Willage, University of Colorado, Dept. of Economics, Denver, CO 80309, United States. Additional authors for this research include Marisa Carlos and Kevin Callison.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22504. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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