How have changes in accessibility and public funding influenced contraceptive use among Norwegian adolescents? A cohort study.

Primarily public health nurses and to a lesser extent midwives became soon after they received authorization to prescribe COCs important providers. The expansion of the reimbursement scheme to cover POPs, patches, vaginal ring, and depot medroxyprogesterone acetate in 2006 had minor impact on increasing the proportion of long-term first-time users. However, the inclusion of LARCs in 2015 significantly increased the proportion of long-term first-time hormonal contraceptive users.