Percentage of women aged 15-44 years at risk of unintended pregnancy that is provided a long-acting reversible method of contraception (i.e., implants, intrauterine devices or systems (IUD/IUS)).
It is an access measure because it is intended to identify very low rates (less than 1-2%) of long-acting reversible methods of contraception (LARC), which may signal barriers to LARC provision.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Women ages 15-44 at risk of unintended pregnancy who were provided a long-acting reversible method of contraception (LARC), i.e., intrauterine device or implant.
Denominator
Women ages 15-44 at risk of unintended pregnancy.
Exclusions
The following categories of women are excluded from the denominator: (1) those who are infecund for non-contraceptive reasons; (2) women who had a live birth in the last 2 months of the measurement year; or (3) women who were still pregnant or their pregnancy outcome was unknown at the end of the measurement year.
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Point of Contact
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