o * In 1982, the annual rate of visits for family pltig services was 1,077 visits per 1,000 nonsterile women. Never married women made greater use of family planning services in that year than did women who had been married (1,227 visits com­ pared with 1,010 visits per 1,000 women, respectively). Many oviders of family planning services also offer services or make ferrals for infertile couples...

BACKGROUND Family planning services are amongst the most highly utilized services in the National Health Service. There have, however, been few empirical studies of the cost-effectiveness of these services. METHODS Two measures of output were used to calculate the cost-effectiveness of family planning services. The first measure is based on the number of pregnancies averted. The second measur...

Background: The unmet need for family planning services in Ethiopia is believed to be high (36%) while the already available services do not appear to be optimally used by potential clients. It is thus expected that an assessment and improvement of the quality of family planning services could enhance family planning services utilization. Objectives: The aim of this study is to assess the quali...

BACKGROUND Although Pakistan was one of the first countries in Asia to launch national family planning programs, current modern contraceptive use stands at only 26% with a method mix skewed toward short-acting and permanent methods. As part of a multiyear operational research study, a baseline survey was conducted to understand the predictors of contraceptive use and demand for family planning ...

P olicymakers have long been aware that public investments in family planning services are cost effective. Indeed, this fact helped establish the federal program. In her book Within Our Reach, Lisbeth Schorr described the first federal investment in family planning under the War on Poverty launched by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. He demanded programs that were “demonstrably cost-effective,...