Postpartum Patient Perspectives on the US Medicaid Waiting Period for Permanent Contraception
In policy revision discussions, it is important to consider whether a mandated waiting period is the best way to minimize regret and promote autonomy. Revision that accounts for the complexity of patient desires and needs is imperative to achieving the dual goals of minimizing coercion and ensuring autonomously-desired provision.
Authors
- Tania Serna
- Brooke W. Bullington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3341-087X)
- Emily S. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9927-1043)
- Kavita Shah Arora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9912-9466)
- Kari White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6463-8626)
- Kristen A. Berg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1561-6863)
- Margaret Boozer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7943-7957)
- Joline Hartheimer
- Jennifer L. Bailit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1489-9190)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Brown University (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Swedish Medical Center (US)
- Swedish Medical Center (US)
- Swedish Family Medicine Residency - Cherry Hill (US)
- MetroHealth Medical Center (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Access Journal of Contraception
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/oajc.s506703
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- Vanderbilt University
- Northwestern University
- National Institutes of Health
- School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Feinberg School of Medicine
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill