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Article Dans Une Revue Contraception Année : 2023

Low-income women and use of prescribed contraceptives in the context of full health insurance coverage in France, 2019

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Objective: Major socioeconomic differences in contraceptive use are observed in high-income countries. Cost is often cited as a main factor to explain these differences but other barriers may also exist. Our aim was to compare prescribed contraceptive use among low-income and non-low-income women in a national context of full health insurance coverage. Study design: In the French national health insurance database, we selected all women (14.8 million) aged 15–49 years living in France in 2019. We compared the prevalence of use of each prescribed contraceptive between low-income and non-low-income women: oral contraceptives, copper intrauterine devices (IUDs), the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG-IUS), and implants. Results: In the study population, 11% had a low income. Fewer low-income women used prescribed contraceptives than non-low-income women (36% vs. 46%, p < 0.001). When using a contraceptive, low-income women used a different method: at 20–24 years old, they used less oral contraceptives (60% vs. 77%, p < 0.001) and more implants (22% vs. 9%, p < 0.001), while at 40–44 years, they used less levonorgestrel intrauterine systems (18% vs. 30%, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Even in a national context of free access to medical care for low-income women, they use less and different prescribed contraceptives than non-low-income women. These results could reflect barriers other than financial cost to the use of prescribed contraceptives by low-income women. Implications: Financial barriers need to be removed in order to increase contraceptive use. However, this may not be sufficient and further research should explore barriers that low-income women may encounter in accessing and choosing their contraception.
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hal-04122822 , version 1 (07-07-2023)

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Juliette Congy, Jean Bouyer, Elise de La Rochebrochard. Low-income women and use of prescribed contraceptives in the context of full health insurance coverage in France, 2019. Contraception, 2023, 121, ⟨10.1016/j.contraception.2023.109976⟩. ⟨hal-04122822⟩
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