Table 2. Characteristics of Pharmacist-Prescribed Hormonal Contraception in California Pharmacies.

Characteristics	Pharmacies Offering Pharmacist-Prescribed Contraception, No. (%) [95% CI] (n = 112)	P Value
Pharmacy Service Fees for Prescribing Contraception
Pharmacies with established fee requirementsa	76 (67.9) [58.5-75.9]
Fee requirements by pharmacy type
Chain	63 (86.3) [76.2-92.6]	<.001
Independent	13 (33.3) [20.2-49.7]
Fee requirements by urbanity
Urban	65 (67.7) [57.6-76.4]	.93
Nonurban	11 (68.8) [42.2-86.9]
Fee, median (IQR), $	45.0 (40.0-45.0)
Fee amounts
<$45	27 (35.5) [25.4-47.1]
$45	43 (56.6) [45.0-67.4]
>$45	6 (7.9) [3.5-16.7]
Available Contraceptive Methods Spontaneously Mentioned by the Pharmacy Staffb
Oral contraception	87 (77.7) [68.9-84.5]
Vaginal ring	45 (40.2) [31.4-49.6]
Patch	43 (38.4) [29.7-47.8]
Injectable contraception	10 (8.9) [4.8-15.9]
Otherc	16 (14.2) [8.9-22.2]
Do not know	5 (4.4) [1.8-10.4]

Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.

^aTo assess fees for obtaining pharmacist-prescribed contraception, interviewers said, “I know my insurance covers birth control, but do I have to pay anything upfront?” When a fee range was provided, the midpoint was used to estimate the median. Data were missing for 6 pharmacies. In an additional 3 pharmacies, the staff member did not know whether a fee was required or not. Other responses were given by 5 pharmacies (4 indicated that the fees were dependent on insurance coverage; 1 pharmacy had not yet determined the fee amount).

^bTo assess available contraceptive methods, interviewers said, “What type of birth control can I get?” and documented methods spontaneously mentioned. Availability of each method was not ascertained. Data were missing for 4 pharmacies.

^cOther responses included all methods; a method the caller had used in the past; and availability of methods will be determined based on health questionnaire responses.