Women's out-of-pocket expenditures and dispensing patterns for oral contraceptive pills between 1996 and 2006

Contraception

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 528-536

  Liang, Su Ying ^a   Grossman, Daniel ^a,b   Phillips, Kathryn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispensing patterns; Oral contraceptive pills; Out of pocket expenditures; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955933732     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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