Affordability Is Central to Person-Centered Abortion Care

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Schroeder et al found that 76.5% of participants rated cost as very or extremely important, with no significant difference by care model.
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Cost’s equal importance among telemedicine and in-person patients does not mean it is unimportant; the study compared care models rather than overall patient priorities.
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Participants used varied payment sources, but the analysis did not examine cost importance by payment source, state Medicaid policy, or economic vulnerability.
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The article notes that abortion prices can affect whether and when people obtain care and may require patients to divert money from basic necessities.
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The study did not report the prices of telemedicine and in-person care, limiting interpretation of how cost shaped patients’ choices.

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