Over the counter contraceptive pill, a real option

Improved care and health dollar savings

New research from Macquarie University shows that reclassifying contraceptive medication to an over the counter pharmacy product could save lives and reduce costs to the health system.

Dr Virginia Mumford, Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, co-authored the paper which was published in PharmacoEconomics.

The Conversation also published an article on this research.

Dr Mumford and colleagues used economic modelling to assess the benefit of moving to a pharmacist-only classification for oral contraceptives.

To cite this research: Gumbie, M., Parkinson, B., Cutler, H., Gauld N., Mumford, V. Is Reclassification of the Oral Contraceptive Pill from Prescription to Pharmacist-Only Cost Effective? Application of an Economic Evaluation Approach to Regulatory Decisions PharmacoEconomics (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-019-00804-6

CENTRES RELATED TO THIS RESEARCH

Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science

Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chrissy Clay, Research Outreach Coordinator