Table 1.

Sample Characteristics, US Health Care Providers Providing Family Planning Services

	Public-Sector Providersc (n = 1,650)		Office-Based Physicians (n = 406)
	na	%a,b	na	%a,b
Characteristics
Title X funding
Yes	1,052	52.5	-	-
No	598	47.5	-	-
Primary clinical focusd
Reproductive health	968	54.8	-	-
Primary care	673	44.6	-	-
Provider occupation
Physician	336	24.3	402	100.0
Advanced clinical practitionere	1,008	59.8	-	-
Nurse	278	14.1	-	-
Provider specialty
Obstetrics and gynecology	-	-	265	60.6
Family medicine	-	-	62	39.0
Adolescent medicine	-	-	79	0.34
Gender
Male	143	10.3	173	43.0
Female	1,496	89.1	232	56.4
Region
Northeast	224	14.3	79	15.8
Midwest	305	18.8	86	24.2
South/Mid-Atlantic	660	37.2	137	33.6
West	461	29.7	104	26.4
Trained in implant insertion
Yes	853	50.9	228	50.6
No	721	44.3	165	45.5
Trained in LNG-IUD or Cu-IUD insertion
Yes	1,025	62.6	312	85.2
No	583	34.7	88	13.5
Proportion of female patients of reproductive age who receive family planning servicesf
1–24%	165	11.9	59	19.5
25–49%	264	17.8	107	26.6
≥50%	1,192	68.4	237	52.4
Attitudes on the safety of ‘Quick Start’g initiation of contraceptive implant for adolescents
Safe	1,099	66.2	304	71.6
Unsafe or Don’t Know	470	28.8	94	26.5
Attitudes on the safety of ‘Quick Start’ initiation of IUDs for adolescents
Safe	1,043	62.9	275	64.7
Unsafe or Don’t Know	525	32.0	123	33.3

Cu-IUD, copper intrauterine device; LNG-IUD, levonorgestrel intrauterine device.

^aUnweighted frequencies and weighted column percentages displayed.

^bColumn percentages may not add to 100% due to missing data.

^cIncludes Title-X and non-Title X providers.

^dPrimary clinical focus at the clinic (reproductive health [obstetrics/gynecology or family planning/reproductive health] or primary care [family medicine, adolescent health or pediatrics, or general health care]).

^eIncludes physician assistant, nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife.

^fFamily planning service is defined as any service related to postponing or preventing pregnancy. This may include a medical examination related to provision of a method, contraceptive counseling, method prescription, or supply visits. A patient may receive a family planning service even if the primary purpose of the visit is not for contraception.

^g‘Quick Start’ is defined as the immediate provision of contraception on the day of a woman’s visit, if reasonably certain she is not pregnant.