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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Aug;132(2):345–353. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002688

Table 3.

Reason for Telephone Encounter from June 30, 2014 – December 31, 2017 for all for the 2,541 Telephone Consult Encounters with Health Care Providers

Contact Reason Reason for Telephone Consult Encounters % of Total Initial Encounters
Resources-Community Access 1545 61%
Medication question(s) 1332 52%
Risk/benefits of med use in pregnancy 631 25%
Positive Screen 371 15%
Diagnostic question(s) 287 11%
Lactation question(s) 216 9%
Safety concerns 142 6%
Preconception question(s) 36 1%
Screening tool question 27 1%
Other 21 1%
Non-Member Specific 8 <1%

There may be more than one reason for each telephone encounter