Do Norwegian providers comply with national recommendations when prescribing combined oral contraceptives to starters? A cohort study.
Julie EkmanFinn Egil SkjeldestadPublished in: BMJ open (2019)
All professions have increased the proportion of levonorgestrel-containing COC prescriptions to starters. Public health nurses and midwives had the highest compliance with the new recommendations. Future studies will examine whether this shift in prescription pattern has prevented venous thromboembolism in women of reproductive age in Norway.