Document Type
Report
Publication Date
10-11-2012
Publisher
Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University
Series
Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative Policy Research Brief No. 31
Abstract
Based on an earlier study and an in-depth analysis of five market areas, the authors find that Texas' plan to bar Planned Parenthood clinics from participating in the state Women's Health Program (WHP) would leave tens of thousands of women without a source of care, because Planned Parenthood clinics are the dominant WHP providers in those areas and other local family planning clinics lack the capacity to absorb a large number of additional patients.
Recommended Citation
Ku, L., Cartwright-Smith, L., Sharac, J., Steinmetz, E., Lewis, J., & Shin, P. (2012). Deteriorating access to women's health services in Texas: Potential effects of the women's health program affiliate rule (Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative policy research brief no. 31). Washington, D.C.: Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University.
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