Estimating induced abortion rates: A review
Estimating induced abortion rates: A review
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1728-4465.2003.00087.x
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发表时间：
2003-06-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Rossier, C
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作者：
Rossier, C
合法堕胎是经授权的医疗程序，因此，在实施堕胎的保健机构记录或可以记录。然而，必须估计非法人工流产的发生率，这些堕胎往往不安全。在文学作品中。估计人工流产频率的方法至少有八种：“非法堕胎提供者调查”、“并发症统计”方法、“死亡率统计”方法、自我报告技术前瞻性研究、“残留”方法、匿名第三方报告和专家估计。本文描述了这些方法的方法论要求，并讨论了它们的偏差。回顾了每种方法的经验记录，并特别注意了该方法成功应用的背景。最后，根据应用方法的背景和评估工作的目标，讨论了适当方法的选择。
Legal abortions are authorized medical procedures, and as such, they are or can be recorded at the health facility where they are performed. The incidence of illegal often unsafe, induced abortion has to be estimated, however. In the literature. no fewer than eight methods have been used to estimate the frequency of induced abortion: the "illegal abortion provider survey," the "complications statistics" approach, the "mortality statistics" approach, self-reporting techniques prospective studies, the "residual" method, anonymous third party reports, and experts' estimates. This article, describes the methodological requirements of each of these methods and discusses their biases. Empirical records of each method are reviewed, with particular attention paid to the contexts in which the method has been employed successfully. Finally, the choice of an appropriate method is discussed, depending on the context in which it is to be applied and on the goal of the estimation effort.