Clinical availability of the copper IUD in rural versus urban settings: A simulated patient study.

Objective: To assess the proportion of Washington state clinics that offer the copper IUD in rural vs urban settings.

Study Design: We employed a simulated patient model to survey clinics in the Human Health Resources and Services Administration 340B database to primarily assess the availability of the copper IUD.

Results: We successfully surveyed 194/212 (92%) clinics.