Website Review of Variation in Individual State Medicaid Sterilization Policies

Medicaid and Fulfillment of Postpartum Permanent Contraception Requests

“…9 We hypothesize that this is attributable to hospital-level factors such as institutional culture regarding the priority placed on urgency of permanent contraception surgery, workflow patterns to ensure that Medicaid sterilization forms are signed during antepartum care, and operating room availability. 20,[24][25][26] However, the current findings suggest that Medicaid policy contributes to inequities in desired postpartum contraception fulfillment.…”