Hospital religious affiliation and emergency contraceptive prescribing practices.

• Autores: Susan E Rubin, Surah Grumet, Linda Prine
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 96, Nº. 8, 2006, págs. 1398-1401
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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.;