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Women Comprise the Majority of Medicaid Enrollees Across Every Age Group Download Source Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Urban Institute analysis of 2009 MSIS
Utilization of Pap Tests, 2008 Download Source Health, United States, 2011
Uninsured Women Less Likely to Obtain Preventive Services Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey
There is Wide Variation in Medicaid Coverage of Prenatal Services Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation, State Medicaid Coverage of Perinatal Services: Summary of State Survey Findings, 2009
The Majority of States Restrict Abortion Coverage to the Hyde Amendment Requirements Download Source Guttmacher Institute, State Funding of Abortion Under Medicaid, State Policies in Brief, November 2012
Teen Birth Rates Have Been Declining for All Groups, but Disparities Still Exist Download Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics Reports, “ Births: Preliminary Data for 2011” 61(5), Oct 2012
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cervical Cancer Download Source CDC, United States Cancer Center: 2009 Cancer Types Grouped by Race
Pregnancy, Birth, and Abortion Rates Among Teens Have Been Steadily Declining in the U.S. Download Source Guttmacher Institute “U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity” February 2012
Poorer Women Shoulder a Greater Burden of Illness Download Source 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, Kaiser Family Foundation
Multiple factors predispose women to needing long-term care Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Access to Care File, 2006
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