The National Reporting System for Family Planning Services is conducted by the Division of Health Care Statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics. It is an ongoing system that collects data on clinic-based visits for family planning services in the United States and some of its territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). The scope of the National Reporting System for Family Planning Services includes medical family planning visits occurring in clinics (operated by public health departments, private organizations such as affiliates of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or hospitals) and in other sites that provide family planning services. Excluded from the scope of the National Reporting System for Family Planning Services are all family planning visits to private physicians’ offices and visits made only for the detection of pregnancy or venereal disease or only for obtaining contraceptive supplies or counseling. PMID: 10254006 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad074acc.pdf

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