Patient Characteristics
| Characteristic | Medication (n=1,309) No. (%) | Aspiration (n=1,149a) No. (%) | Ineligibleb(n=92) No. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| a The number of procedures may not add to 1,149 because of missing data. | |||
| b Ineligible because of advanced gestational age, miscarriage, not pregnant, referred out, sonogram only, chose not to have an abortion. | |||
| c Significant difference between choice of aspiration or medication abortion (P <.05). | |||
| d Total pregnancies. | |||
| Age, yc | |||
| 15–20 | 123 (43.6) | 138 (48.9) | 21 (7.5) |
| 20–24 | 383 (54.5) | 292 (41.5) | 28 (4.0) |
| 25–29 | 379 (53.8) | 308 (43.8) | 17 (2.4) |
| ≥30 | 410 (50.0) | 384 (46.9) | 25 (3.1) |
| Paymentc | |||
| Cash | 427 (47.7) | 457 (51.1) | 11 (1.2) |
| Private insurance | 417 (52.9) | 357 (45.2) | 15 (1.9) |
| Medicaid | 448 (57.0) | 320 (40.7) | 18 (2.3) |
| Other | 3 (7.5) | 5 (12.5) | 32 (80) |
| Gravidityd | |||
| 1 | 326 (46.6) | 321 (45.9) | 53 (7.5) |
| 2 | 274 (53.7) | 231 (45.3) | 5 (1.0) |
| ≥3 | 707 (53.6) | 593 (45.0) | 18 (1.4) |
| Prior medication abortionc | |||
| 0 | 1,075 (49.1) | 1,027 (46.9) | 89 (4.0) |
| 1 | 172 (62.6) | 101 (36.7) | 2 (0.7) |
| 2 | 42 (76.4) | 12 (21.8) | 1 (1.8) |
| ≥3 | 19 (67.9) | 9 (32.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Prior aspiration abortion | |||
| 0 | 705 (50.5) | 615 (44.0) | 77 (5.5) |
| 1 | 348 (51.8) | 315 (46.9) | 9 (1.3) |
| 2 | 162 (54.7) | 131 (44.3) | 3 (1.0) |
| ≥3 | 94 (51.1) | 87 (47.3) | 3 (1.6) |
| Estimated gestational age, wk | |||
| <6 | 256 (61.8) | 156 (37.7) | 2 (0.5) |
| 6–9 | 941 (53.7) | 801 (45.7) | 10 (0.6) |
| 10–12 | 2 (2.9) | 65 (92.8) | 3 (4.3) |
| >12 | 0 | 10 (30.3) | 23 (69.7) |
| Practice type | |||
| Residency | 348 (75.1) | 97 (21.0) | 18 (3.9) |
| Private office | 961 (46.4) | 1,052 (50.8) | 58 (2.8) |