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Reproductive Health Economics
Public Health Policy

Background:

Current debates question the economic efficiency of abortion services within birth control.
Understanding the cost-effectiveness of various contraceptive methods is crucial for resource allocation.

Purpose of the Study:

To empirically assess the allocational efficiency of different birth control methods in the UK.
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of abortion as part of a birth control strategy.

Main Methods:

Analysis of current British resource costs and effectiveness data for various birth control methods.
Plotting quantifiable resource costs against effectiveness for each method.
Economic modeling to determine the efficient frontier of contraceptive strategies.

Main Results:

Contrary to popular opinion, abortion expenditure is not necessarily allocationally inefficient.
Even with conservatively high cost valuations for abortion resources, it remains efficient.
The most allocationally efficient frontier involves a combination of withdrawal (coitus interruptus) and abortion for method failures.

Conclusions:

The optimal birth control strategy involves integrating abortion services for method failures.
Resource allocation for reproductive health should consider the combined efficiency of contraception and abortion.
Withdrawal combined with abortion for failures presents a highly efficient approach to birth control.