title: Modeling the cost and outcomes of pharmacist-prescribed emergency contraception.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study investigated the effect on the risk and cost of unintended pregnancies of emergency contraceptive pills obtained directly from a pharmacist.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used a decision model to compare outcomes for private and public payers following unprotected intercourse from.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Obtaining emergency contraceptive pills from a pharmacy, compared with obtaining them from a physician or clinic, resulted in a $158 (95% confidence interval (CI) =$76, $269) reduction in costs for private payers and a $48 (95% CI = $16, $93) reduction for public payers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest that under varied assumptions, obtaining emergency contraceptive pills directly from a pharmacist reduces the number of unintended pregnancies and is cost saving.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195, USA. marciant@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Marciante
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Veenstra
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital / Q000191:economics*; D017046:Cost Savings; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017059:Models, Econometric; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010594:Pharmacies / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D014861:Washington
chemical_list: D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital