Advantages of Providing a Year's Supply of Oral Contraception

Almost 12 million U.S. women use oral contraceptive (OC) pills as their primary method of birth control, but up to 8 percent are estimated to experience a contraceptive failure in their first year. The rates of prescribing 13 cycles also varied significantly by race, with 4 percent for black women,...

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Published inAmerican family physician Vol. 75; no. 6; p. 907
Main Author Walling, Anne D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Leawood American Academy of Family Physicians 15.03.2007
Subjects
Birth control
Prescriptions
Reproductive health
Statistical analysis
Studies
Womens health
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Summary:Almost 12 million U.S. women use oral contraceptive (OC) pills as their primary method of birth control, but up to 8 percent are estimated to experience a contraceptive failure in their first year. The rates of prescribing 13 cycles also varied significantly by race, with 4 percent for black women, 8 percent for Hispanic women, and 12 percent for white women.
ISSN:0002-838X