Matching estimates of the impact of over-the-counter emergency birth control on teenage pregnancy

Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1021-1032

  Girma, Sourafel ^a   Paton, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency birth control; Family planning; Matching estimators; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHARMACY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENGLAND; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PREGNANCY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33749052723     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1129     Document Type: Article

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