Increasing access to immediate postpartum contraceptive implants among patients with opioid use disorder

Increasing Access to Immediate Postpartum Contraceptive Implants (IPI) Among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD); 49.5% of participants use an IPI; 80.9% continued to use their implant one year postpartum; Offering patients with OUD the option of IPI is associated with high utilisation and continuation rates, and low rates of repeat pregnancy within one-year postpartum.

Drs. Elizabeth Krans and Beatrice Chen evaluated the effects of increased access to immediate postpartum contraceptive implants on repeat pregnancy and contraceptive use rates among patients with opioid use disorder.

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