Autori: Bezemer ID, Verhamme KM, Gini R, Mosseveld M, Rijnbeek PR, Trifirò G, Sturkenboom MC, Penning-van Beest FJ, Herings RM.

Rivista:  Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of oral contraceptive (OC) use, user characteristics and prescribing patterns by accessing health care databases of three European countries.

METHODS: A retrospective study was performed from 2009 to 2010 in three general practice (GP) databases from the Netherlands, UK and Italy and in one database of linked pharmacy and hospitalisation data in the Netherlands. The presence of selected chronic conditions and diagnoses of diseases associated with OC use were assessed, as were switches, discontinuations and types of OC used during the study period.

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