TABLE 1—

Patients’ Costs and Financial Hardships Related to Obtaining Abortion Care in Texas: 2018

	Insurance Coverage			Income		Total (n = 603)
Uninsured (n = 278)	Public (n = 49)	Private (n = 249)	< 200% FPL (n = 374)	≥ 200% FPL (n = 187)
Mean out-of-pocket cost, $	634	586*	644	617	667	634
Abortion costs caused financial hardship, %	57.6*	55.1	48.2	61.2*	38.0	53.0
Sold something of value, %	27.3*	18.4*	10.0	23.8*	10.2	18.9
Delayed expenses, %
Rent	13.0*	4.1	4.8	11.0*	3.7	8.3
Bills	29.5	32.7	28.1	34.0*	18.7	28.0
Food	19.8*	8.2	10.0	17.1*	9.6	14.4
Childcare	3.2	4.1	1.2	3.2	1.1	2.3
Other health care	4.0	2.0	1.6	3.7	2.1	3.0
Other nonmedical services	20.1	18.4	16.9	22.2*	12.8	18.4
Received assistance from an abortion fund, %	11.9*	14.3*	3.2	12.3*	1.6	8.3

Note. FPL = federal poverty level as determined by the 2018 Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines. In 2018, 200% of FPL was $3463 monthly for a family of 3.

^*P < .05 for comparison of means or proportions between insurance and income categories, with SEs adjusted for clustering at the clinic level and where private insurance and income ≥ 200% FPL are reference groups.