Trends in Usage of Family Planning Services Following the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rhode Island

Stone, Olivia

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Year:: 2024
Contributor:: Stone, Olivia (creator); Sarkar, Neil (Advisor); Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Population Medicine (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Contraception; Family planning; COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-); Contraceptives
Extent:: iv, 18 p.

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Abstract:: Objective: To understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the usage of family planning services in the State of Rhode Island. Study Design: The study population consisted of patients enrolled in CurrentCare, Rhode Island’s state-designated Health Information Exchange (HIE), who accessed reproductive health care services during the study period from January 2016 to July 2021. Usage of services was defined as frequency of entries of corresponding ICD-10-CM and CPT codes within the HIE. A Poisson regression model was used to analyze the time series data of monthly counts of various family planning services. Results: On average, the expected post-COVID counts of contraception initiation services, contraception management services, and gynecological exams were lower than the trend predicted by pre-COVID counts (p<0.05). Expected counts of sterilization procedures increased by 93% in the post-COVID period, though this relationship was not statistically significant (p>0.05). Conclusions: In our sample, frequency of ICD-10-CM and CPT codes related to family planning services deviated from the expected trend had the pandemic not occurred following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020. Implications: Given the essential nature of family planning services, we should continue working to understand how and why they were affected, and therefore strengthen and protect Rhode Islanders’ access to reproductive healthcare services moving forward.
Notes:: Thesis (Sc. M.)--Brown University, 2024

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Stone, Olivia, "Trends in Usage of Family Planning Services Following the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rhode Island" (2024). Biology and Medicine Theses and Dissertations. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:fs6phzzt/

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