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Medicaid Programs in the South and Southwest Cover a Higher Share of Births Download Source Sonfield, A., Kost, K., Benson Gold, R., & Finer, L.B. (2011). The public cost of births resulting from unintended pregnancies: National and state-level estimates. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 43(2): 94-102
medicaid-family-planning-programs-2012-womenshealth Download Source Guttmacher Institute, Medicaid Family Planning Eligibility Expansions, State Policies in Brief, November 2012
Medicaid Enrollment Among Women Varies Between States Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Urban Institute estimates based on March 2012 Current Population Survey, Census Bureau
Medicaid Enrollees are Predominately Women of Reproductive Age Download Source Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Urban Institute analysis of 2009 MSIS, 2012
Many Women Rely on Multiple Providers to Address Basic Health Needs Download Source 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, Kaiser Family Foundation
Source Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey
Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Access to Care file, 2006
Many Older Women Have Limitations That Predispose Them to Needing Long-term Care Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Access to Care file, 2006
Improving maternity and infant birth outcomes in the U.S. Download Source Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2002. Care of Women in U.S. Hospitals, 2000
Half of Women with Disabilities are Covered By Medicaid Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation/Urban Institute analysis of the 2009 American Community Survey
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