Long-Acting Reversible Contraception

SAN FRANCISCO — Postpartum women who live farther from their delivery hospital are more likely to choose long-acting reversible contraception than those who live closer, according to study data.

There was a significant increase in the use of long-acting reversible contraception among adolescents after the AAP recommended it almost a decade ago, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Between 2016 and 2018, the rate of immediately postpartum long-term contraceptive placement increased while the rate of tubal ligations decreased, according to a retrospective, nationally representative cohort study.

Approximately a third of reproductive-age women have a chronic condition that could lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes, but few used highly effective birth control methods, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Researchers, along with the American Academy of Dermatology, have organized an iPLEDGE Workgroup to advocate for its reform with the goal of reducing administrative burden.

Providing teenagers with same-day long-acting reversible contraception, or LARC, saved more than $2,000 per Medicaid patient in the United States vs. placement at a subsequent visit, according to an economic evaluation that appeared in JAMA Network Open.