Studies from University of Wisconsin Madison Yield New Data on Managed Care (Community Pharmacists and Improving Contraception Access: Relationships Between Contraceptive Counseling and Dispensing Contraceptives): Managed Care

2023 DEC 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Managed Care are presented in a new report. According to news reporting out of Madison, Wisconsin, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Experiences of contraceptive counseling and obtaining contraceptives vary for women of childbearing age based on education level, race, ethnicity, and health insurance. Community pharmacists are an important resource for improving access to contraceptive care in states with over-the-counter access to and pharmacist prescribing of contraceptives.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Wisconsin Madison, “We first aimed to determine how patient education level, race, ethnicity, insurance, and patient provider race concordance influenced the likelihood of receiving contraceptive counseling. The second aim was to determine how receiving contraceptive counseling influenced the likelihood of being dispensed contraceptives by a pharmacist. Pearson chi-square tests and logistic regression were used to address study aims. Older women and those with Medicaid were less likely to receive contraceptive counseling. Race concordance had no influence on counseling. Counseling and education level were strong predictors of being dispensed contraceptives. Race, ethnicity, Medicaid, and marital status were negatively associated with being dispensed contraceptives. Inequities exist in access to contraceptive care for women of diverse backgrounds as well as those insured through Medicaid.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “State-level policy advancements and over the counter access to oral contraceptives may provide pharmacists a unique opportunity to provide contraceptive care for women without access to a primary care provider.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Community Pharmacists and Improving Contraception Access: Relationships Between Contraceptive Counseling and Dispensing Contraceptives. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2023;19(12):1602-1605. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Inc, Ste 800, 230 Park Ave, New York, NY 10169, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/research-in-social-and-administrative-pharmacy/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Lucille M. Abrams, University of Wisconsin Madison, School of Pharmacy, Rennebohm Hall, 777 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2023.09.004. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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