Population-level indicators associated with hormonal contraception use: a register-based matched case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Monitoring factors related to hormonal contraception (HC) use is essential to evaluating public health strategies and promoting access to contraception. We aimed to examine municipal social and health indicators of HC use at the population level, and to identify patterns of inequality across Finnish municipalities.

Methods

We identified all women (15-49 years) with a redeemed HC prescription in Finland in 2017 (n = 294,445), and a control group of non-users. Municipal social and health indicators at the population level were retrieved from the nationwide Statistics and Indicator Bank. Differences between the groups across 309 municipalities were calculated, and associations of municipal-specific proportions of HC users with municipal-specific indicators were studi

SUBMITTER: Toffol E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7938490 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature