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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Sep 5;219(6):595.e1–595.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.08.043

Table 4.

Estimated Cost Savings Associated with Statewide Scale Up of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project Model.

Percent Using a LARC Method
20% 30% 40%
Women aged 18–45 who are current MO Medicaid beneficiaries (n=132,058)a
Unintended pregnancies avoided 10,431 16,250 19,978
Unintended births avoided 6,903 10,695 13,518
Estimated cost savings, 2013$ $79,712,958 $123,788,762 $156,769,168
Women enrolled in MO Women’s Health Services Program in 2011(n=61,297)
Unintended pregnancies avoided 4,199 6,813 9,833
Unintended births avoided 2,653 4,536 6,469
Estimated cost savings, 2013$ $29,289,520 $52,563,031 $75,339,232
Women aged 18–45 eligible for MO Women’s Health Services Program in 2011 (n=123,571)a
Unintended pregnancies avoided 8,466 13,375 19,823
Unintended births avoided 5,348 9,145 13,040
Estimated cost savings, $2013 $59,045,880 $105,963,854 $151,879,280

LARC, Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive

a

Estimated using data from the 2009–13 Annual Community Survey