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Approved but Unavailable: A Mystery-Caller Survey of Mifepristone Access in a Large Ontario City

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Mifepristone/misoprostol (mife/miso) has been approved in Canada since 2017, and is available since 2018. Mife/miso does not require witnessed administration in Canada, and therefore most patients obtain a prescription for home use. We sought to determine the proportion of pharmacies in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, a city of over 500 000, that had combination mife/miso in stock at any given time. METHODS: A mystery-caller approach was …

Authors

Guarna G; Kotait M; Blair R; Vu N; Yakoub D; Davis R; Costescu D

Journal

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, Vol. 45, No. 11,

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

November 2023

DOI

10.1016/j.jogc.2023.06.009

ISSN

1701-2163