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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Evaluation of the effect of contraceptive prices on demand in eight Western

European countries.

AUTHORS

Oddens BJ

SOURCE

ADVANCES IN CONTRACEPTION. 1993 Mar;9(1):1-11.

ABSTRACT

Wide differences exist among European countries regarding national reimbursement schemes and the resulting

individual expenditure on contraception. In this current research project, annual expenditure and costs in the first

year of use were calculated, taking into account existing reimbursement levels, for oral contraceptives (OCs), IUDs,

condoms, and sterilization in 8 Western European countries: Italy, France, United Kingdom, Spain, West Germany,

Austria, Sweden, and Denmark. The costs were expressed in Swiss francs. For users of OCs, it emerged that the

annual expenditure on contraception ranged from nil in the United Kingdom to 172.32 Swiss francs in Austria. In the

case of condoms, the cost to users was lowest in the United Kingdom (57.44 Swiss francs) and highest in Spain

(105.95 Swiss francs). Expenditure on the use of an IUD in the first year ranged from nil in the United Kingdom and

Sweden to 449.87 Swiss francs in Austria, while sterilization was carried out free of charge in France, West

Germany, and Denmark as compared with a cost of 677.57 Swiss francs in Italy. The variation i n expenditure was

largely explained by the extent to which contraception costs are reimbursed in the respective countries. Correlation

of the calculated expenditure on a method and its use did not show any statistically significant trend. This suggests

that the wide differences in the choice of contraceptive methods between countries are not related to differences in

national reimbursement schemes and resulting costs to users, and that other factors must be involved. (summaries

in FRE, SPA) (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4548-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Evaluation of the effect of contraceptive prices on demand

in eight Western European countries.", is(are) Oddens BJ. The source of this article is "ADVANCES IN

CONTRACEPTION. 1993 Mar;9(1):1-11.". This article was published in 1993 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4548-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9548

This article is peer-reviewed.

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