Contraceptives At The Counter: Pharmacists Prescribed A Fraction Of Overall Contraceptives, 2022

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

11-1-2025

Journal

Health affairs (Project Hope)

Volume

44

Issue

11

DOI

10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00224

Abstract

The number of laws authorizing pharmacists to prescribe contraception is increasing across the US. We used national pharmacy claims to document pharmacist-prescribed contraception (contraceptive pill, patch, and ring) in twenty states allowing pharmacist prescribing in 2022. That year, pharmacist prescriptions made up only a small share of overall prescribing for these methods, and the average prescribing pharmacist wrote fewer than ten new prescriptions.

Department

Health Policy and Management

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