Maria I Rodriguez, Bharti Garg, Shannon M Williams, Jessica Souphanavong, Kaitlin Schrote, Blair G Darney
Contraception 2020 MarTo determine the availability of pharmacist prescribing of hormonal contraception in rural areas of two states. Cross-sectional survey. Overall, 42% of pharmacies prescribed contraception (Oregon: 46% and New Mexico 19%). A similar proportion of rural pharmacies reported offering pharmacist prescription of 37 contraception as urban locations (39% vs 46%, p = 0.26). Nearly 53% of rural and 45% of urban pharmacies report billing women, rather than insurance, directly for the cost of the pharmacist consultation. Over 80% of pharmacists in both rural and urban locations did not know if Medicaid covered the cost. Pharmacists in rural areas are as willing as their urban counterparts to prescribe hormonal contraception. Financial barriers remain a concern. Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Maria I Rodriguez, Bharti Garg, Shannon M Williams, Jessica Souphanavong, Kaitlin Schrote, Blair G Darney. Availability of pharmacist prescription of contraception in rural areas of Oregon and New Mexico. Contraception. 2020 Mar;101(3):210-212
PMID: 31862410
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