Observational studyContraception2016
Pharmacy access to ulipristal acetate in Hawaii: is a prescription enough?
Observational study in Contraception, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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19 citing papers in PubMed.
- Availability of Oral Emergency Contraception in German Community Pharmacies-A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Mystery Caller Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Pricing of oral emergency contraception by German community pharmacies - a nationwide mystery caller investigation.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2025Article
- Oral emergency contraception practices of community pharmacies: a mystery caller study in the capital of Germany, Berlin.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2023Article
- A Nationwide Mystery Caller Evaluation of Oral Emergency Contraception Practices from German Community Pharmacies: An Observational Study Protocol.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- A qualitative analysis of pharmacists' responses to naloxone inquiries in rural Georgia.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Population Geography and Emergency Contraception Access in Louisiana.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- The Quality of Counselling for Oral Emergency Contraceptive Pills-A Simulated Patient Study in German Community Pharmacies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Emergency Contraception Access and Counseling in Urban Pharmacies: A Comparison between States with and without Pharmacist Prescribing.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- "The Difference between Plan b and ella®? They're Basically the Same Thing": Results from a Mystery Client Study.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- "My BMI is too high for Plan B." A changing population of women seeking ulipristal acetate emergency contraception online.Women & health · 2020Article
- Emergency Contraception Counseling in California Community Pharmacies: A Mystery Caller Study.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Pharmacy access to Ulipristal acetate in major cities throughout the United States.Contraception · 2018Article
- State of emergency contraception in the U.S., 2018.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2018Review
- Access to Emergency Contraception After Removal of Age Restrictions.Pediatrics · 2017Article
- From Kaua'i to Hawai'i Island: Interisland Differences in Emergency Contraceptive Pill Availability.Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health · 2017Observational
- "I don't know what I would have done." Women's experiences acquiring ulipristal acetate emergency contraception online from 2011 to 2015.Contraception · 2017Article
- Role of the community pharmacist in emergency contraception counseling and delivery in the United States: current trends and future prospects.Integrated pharmacy research & practice · 2017Review
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- Access to Emergency Contraception in the Over-the-Counter Era.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine pharmacy availability of ulipristal acetate (UPA) and compare to availability of levonorgestrel-containing emergency contraceptive pills (LNG-ECPs).
methodsWe conducted an observational population-based study utilizing a telephone-based secret shopper methodology. Researchers called all 198 unique retail pharmacies in Hawaii on December 2013-June 2014, representing themselves as patients and physicians.
resultsOnly 2.6% of pharmacies had UPA immediately available, though 22.8% reported ability to order UPA. In contrast, 82.4% reported immediate availability of LNG-ECPs. No significant difference in availability was reported to patients and physicians.
conclusionsAvailability of UPA is limited and significantly lower compared to LNG-ECPs. The study period did overlap with a change in distributor for UPA, likely capturing some disruption of the supply chain. IMPLICATIONS: Systems-based interventions are needed to address barriers to obtaining UPA.
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