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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2014 Sep 6;91(1):49–56. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.08.011

Table 5. Years usage required to reach cost-neutrality.

vs. Implant Copper IUD LNG-IUS 20 mcg/24 h Average LARC
Generic OC 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.4
Ring <1.0 <1.0 1.1 0.4
Patch <1.0 <1.0 1.0 0.3
Injection 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.6
Mixed-SARCa 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.1
Condom 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.0
No method (chance) 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7
a

Estimated for base case age group of 20–29 years as a weighted average of data reported in Jones et al. (2012) [7]; see Table 3 for weights.