Interest in Providing Medication Abortion among Minnesota Primary Care Clinicians† Who Do Not Already Provide This Care (n = 149)
| Interest in Providing Medication Abortion | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (Standard Deviation) or n (%) | |||
| Variable | Yes (n = 60) | No (n = 68) | I need more information to decide (n = 21) |
| Age | 44.00* (10.23) | 49.63* (11.85) | 49.55* (12.00) |
| Years in practice | 12.86*** (9.64) | 20.04*** (11.79) | 19.36*** (12.32) |
| Gender identity | |||
| Man, male, masculine | 7 (17.9%)* | 25 (64.1%)* | 7 (17.9%)* |
| Woman, female, feminine | 53 (49.5%)* | 40 (37.4%)* | 14 (13.1%)* |
| Gender nonbinary, gender nonconforming | 0 (0%)* | 1 (100%)* | 0 (0%)* |
| Practice setting county classification | |||
| Entirely urban | 53 (53.0%)*** | 35 (35.0%)*** | 12 (12.0%)*** |
| Urban/town/rural mix | 3 (11.1%)*** | 20 (74.1%)*** | 4 (14.8%)*** |
| Entirely rural or town/rural mix | 4 (19.0%)*** | 13 (61.9%)*** | 4 (19.0%)*** |
| Have you provided any miscarriage management care within the last year? | |||
| Yes | 37 (48.1%) | 30 (39.0%) | 10 (13.0%) |
| No | 23 (31.9%) | 38 (52.8%) | 11 (15.3%) |
| Do you feel confident that you have the knowledge to care for patients seeking medication abortion?‡ | 2.85** (1.70) | 3.69** (2.15) | 4.48** (2.04) |
| To what extent do you support the use of medication abortion as an abortion method when indicated?§ | 1.05*** (0.29) | 3.72*** (2.73) | 1.33*** (0.80) |
Data shown are from an online survey about interest in and barriers to prescribing medication abortion conducted in 2023.
† Clinicians: those with the legal ability to prescribe medication abortion in Minnesota (MD, DO, CNM, PA, NP).
‡ Seven-point scale where 1 is very confident in knowledge, 4 is neither confident nor unconfident in knowledge, and 7 is very unconfident in knowledge. Reported as Mean (Standard Deviation).
§ Seven-point scale where 1 is very supportive, 4 is neither supportive nor unsupportive, and 7 is very unsupportive. Reported as Mean (Standard Deviation).
↵*, P < .05; **, P < .01; ***, P < .001 using a one-way ANOVA (for continuous variables) or a χ2 test (for categorical variables).
Abbreviations: DO, doctor of osteopathic medicine studies; MD, doctor of medicine; NP, nurse practitioner; PA, physician assistant; CNM, certified nurse midwives.