I’ve been happy to work closely with Dr Laura Schummers and others over the past year on this project. We evaluated the important contribution of this policy change to use of contraception across BC. This first study focused on changes in prescriptions for different types of birth control, whether people switched methods and changes in specific sub-populations like youth.
Read the study here: https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj-2024-083874
Stay tuned for more work on the cost implications of this policy.
Here is some of the media coverage of this first paper: https://whri.org/in-the-media-increased-contraceptive-use-following-introduction-of-universal-coverage