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Although telemedicine is globally established as safe and effective for medical abortion in urban settings, there is a paucity of research exploring access to telemedicine abortion for women in rural locations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>AIM<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The aim of this qualitative research is to explore and better understand women\u2019s access to telemedicine abortion in Australian rural areas.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Structured interviews were conducted with women (n\u2009=\u200911) living in rural areas who had experienced a telemedicine abortion within the last 6 months. Phone interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data underwent a Patient-Centred Access framework analysis and were coded according to the domain categories of approachability\/ability to perceive, acceptability\/ability to seek, availability\/ability to reach, affordability\/ability to pay, and appropriateness\/ability to engage.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Rural women had severely limited access to abortion care. The five domains of the Patient-Centred Access model demonstrated that when women with the prerequisite personal skills and circumstances are offered a low-cost service with compassionate staff and technical competence, telemedicine can innovate to ensure rural communities have access to essential reproductive health services.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>DISCUSSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Telemedicine offers an innovative model for ensuring women\u2019s access to medical abortion services in rural areas of Australia and likely has similar applicability to international non-urban contexts. Strategies are needed to ensure women with lower literacy and less favourable situational contexts, can equitably access abortion services through telemedicine.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1071\/hc19050","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,24]],"date-time":"2020-03-24T06:02:18Z","timestamp":1585029738000},"page":"49-56","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":41,"title":["\u2018I didn\u2019t feel judged\u2019: exploring women\u2019s access to telemedicine abortion in rural Australia"],"prefix":"10.1071","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Sarah","family":"Ireland","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ACharles Darwin University, Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina, NT, Australia"},{"name":"DCorresponding author. 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