Women in need is calculated based on 2010 American Communities Survey data for the number of women 15-44 at or below 185% Federal Poverty Level in order to estimate the eligible female population, per Documentation for Women Eligible for Family Planning Services (from Texas Department of State Health Services). More information is available from the project at stevenam@prc.utexas.edu
2011 county-level Medicaid-paid deliveries were received directly from Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Deliveries to undocumented women were reported at the state level but not available at the county level, so they were allocated proportionally to birth volume among the counties. These data were used to estimate district values using population weighting from the Texas Legislative Budget Board's zip code files. More information is available from the project at stevenam@prc.utexas.edu
2010 county-level data from Texas Center for Health Statistics. See: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/chs/vstat/vs10/t11.shtm (accessed 3/2/2013). These data were used to estimate district values using population weighting from the Texas Legislative Budget Board's zip code files. More information is available from the project at stevenam@prc.utexas.edu
2010 county-level data from Texas Department of State Health Services. See: https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/ (accessed 3/2/1013). These data were ussed to estimate district values using population weighting from the Texas Legislative Budget Board's zip code files. More information is available from the project at stevenam@prc.utexas.edu
2010 county-level data from Texas Department of State Health Services. See: https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/ (accessed 3/2/1013). These data were used to estimate district values using population weighting from the Texas Legislative Budget Board's zip code files. More information is available from the project at stevenam@prc.utexas.edu
2010 county-level data from Texas Department of State Health Services. See: https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/ (accessed 3/2/1013). These data were used to estimate district values using population weighting from the Texas Legislative Budget Board's zip code files. More information is available from the project at stevenam@prc.utexas.edu
2010 county-level data from TX Department of State Health Services. See: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/info/annual.shtm (accessed 3/2/1013). These data were used to estimate district values using population weighting from the Texas Legislative Budget Board's zip code files. More information is available from the project at stevenam@prc.utexas.edu
For state fiscal year 2010 and 2012, data on clinic physical addresses, funding tier, grant amount, and total women served by each clinic system were received directly from the Texas Department of State Health Services. The address of each clinic was geocoded and associated with its clinic system. Dollars granted to and women served by each clinic system were allocated equally among that system's clinics. Total dollars granted and women served were summed separately for each county, House district, Senate district, Public Health Region, and for the state as a whole based on the location of the clinics where the services were delivered. More information is available from the project at stevenam@prc.utexas.edu
For state fiscal year 2012, data on provider physical addresses and number of women served were provided by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Dollars were estimated based on a mean cost of $241 per woman served, based on the Texas Health and Human Services Commission budget. The address of each provider was geocoded and total dollars paid and women served were summed separately for each county, House district, Senate district, Public Health Region, and for the state as a whole based provider geocoding. Note: Providers outside the state of Texas are omitted from this data analysis. More information is available from the project at stevenam@prc.utexas.edu
Clinics open and funded are calculated based on the geocoding of the Texas Department of State Health Services SFY 2010 and SFY 2012 grantee files, received from the Department. Clinics closed or open and unfunded were identified via publically available information. More information is available from the project at stevenam@prc.utexas.edu
Based on unintended pregnancies averted, births averted are calculated based on the published estimate that 58% of Texas unintended pregnancies end in a live birth (see Contraceptive Needs and Services: National and State Data, 2008 Update, Jennifer J. Frost, Stanley K. Henshaw and Adam Sonfield). The total costs associated with prenatal care, delivery, and infant medical care for an Emergency Medicaid delivery, as reported by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission in their budgets ($11,600) is assigned to each live birth. More information is available from the project at stevenam@prc.utexas.edu
The impact on unintended pregnancies is calculated using standard demographic assumptions from the literature. 86% of all women served by publicly funded family planning services are assumed to use a method. Assuming an average contraceptive method mix, 242 unintended pregnancies are assumed to be averted for every 1,000 users. For more information see: Contraceptive Needs and Services: National and State Data, 2008 Update, Jennifer J. Frost, Stanley K. Henshaw and Adam Sonfield and The Impact of Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinic Services on Unintended Pregnancies and Government Cost Savings Jennifer J. Frost Lawrence B. Finer Athena Tapales; Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved; Volume 19, Number 3, August 2008, pp. 778-796. More information is available from the project at stevenam@prc.utexas.edu