Development of a pharmacoeconomic registry: an example using hormonal contraceptives

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Table 2 Cost of unintended pregnancies by country

Author, year, country and reference	Perspective	Cost of unintended pregnancy, millions (US$, 2020)^b	% attributed to imperfect adherence
Trussell, 2013 (USA) [80]	Third party health care payer	5426	53%
Trussell, 2007 (USA) [81]	Payer	7056	NA
Henry, 2015 (Norway) [77]	Societal	42	60.40%
Engstrand, 2018 (Sweden) [78]	Societal	117	61.40%
Montouchet, 2013 (UK) [82]	NHS	330	NA
Lete, 2015 (Spain) [83]	Spanish National Health System	483	69%
Le, 2015 (South Africa) [79]	Payer	675^a	NA
Black, 2015 (Canada) [84]	Public payer	293	69%
Lowin, 2015 (Russia) [85]	Generic payer	898	NA
Dieguez, 2015 (USA) [86]	Employer-Sponsored health insurance plans	NA	NA

NHS National Health Service NA signifies values not mentioned in study. ^aCosts not adjusted for mistimed pregnancies. After adjustment costs likely to be lower. ^bDirect costs mentioned for all except Norway and Sweden which includes indirect costs. All costs converted to 2020 USD using IMF derived PPP values using CCEMG-EPPI- Centre Cost Converter (v.1.6) https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/costconversion/default.aspx

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