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Supplemental Figure 1. Kaplan Meier Analysis of �Complication-Free Survival Probabilities� Comparing More Experienced Providers to Less Experienced Providers for MED and ASP Procedures.
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The Article in Brief
Early Abortion in Family Medicine: Clinical Outcomes
Ian M. Bennett , and colleagues
Background There has been little research assessing early abortion outcomes in family medicine. This study aims to determine success rates of abortion procedures by family physicians, identify the nature and severity of adverse outcomes/complications, and assess the ability to manage complications on site.
What This Study Found The rates of complications of first-trimester abortion care in family medicine clinical sites are very low and within the range of outcomes published for obstetric-gynecology and specialty abortion sites. Assessing the outcomes of 1,309 medication and 1,149 aspiration abortion procedures among family physicians in four residency training programs and one private practice, researchers found 96.5 percent of the medication and 99.1 percent of the aspiration abortions were successful. Less than 4 percent of either the medication or aspiration abortions had any related complications, and most complications were minor and managed within the family medicine practices without reliance on emergency services or those of specialists.
Implications
- The authors suggest that family physicians who provide early abortion care can promote continuity of care within the context of the medical home and may help to ameliorate abortion provider shortages across the United States.
- The study calls for initiatives to bring first-trimester abortion training into family medicine settings.
Correction
The rate of successful uncomplicated aspiration abortion reported in the abstract was inadvertently switched with the rate of successful aspiration abortion (including complications). The correct rate should be 96.5% (95.5%-97.1%) as listed in Table 2. In addition, in the Results section of the text the rate of successful uncomplicated abortion should be 96.5% and not 96.2%.