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Background and development of the National Reporting System for Family Planning Services
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has been operating a reporting system for family planning clinic services since May 1969. Data are collected through this system about individuals who receive family planning services from participating family planning service sites throughout the U.S. and some of its territories. The information obtained is useful for research purposes and for program planning and evaluation, primarily at the national level. The information obtained through the National Reporting System may be divided into 4 general types: data about the participating facilities, data about the sociodemographic characteristics of the individuals being served, data about the types of services being provided, and data about the visits made. Information collected about the individuals being served consists of identification information and the sociodemographic...
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