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. 1978 Mar;68(3):270-2.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.68.3.270.

Comments received on excess deaths from restricting Medicaid funds for abortions

S Wallenstein

Comments received on excess deaths from restricting Medicaid funds for abortions

S Wallenstein. Am J Public Health. 1978 Mar.

Abstract

PIP: Methodological errors inherent in an article by D.B. Petitti and W. Cates (American Journal of Public Health 67:860-862, 1977) on projecting excess maternal mortality resulting from restriction of Medicaid funds for abortion are cited. It is claimed that the authors' mortality estimates are too high because they failed to correct for other early-pregnancy-related mortality risks occurring prior to a planned abortion. To calculate excess risk, the risk for Medicaid patients who abort must be subtracted from non-pregnancy-related maternal mortality rates. Analysis of gestation-age-specific nonabortion maternal mortality can be used to indicate excess maternal mortality for Medicaid recipients choosing abortion, as well as the increased number of deaths due to the postponement of abortion.

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    1. Am J Public Health. 1977 Sep;67(9):860-2 - PubMed

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