Oral emergency contraception practices of community pharmacies: a mystery caller study in the capital of Germany, Berlin

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Scenario for MCs using a flowchart. The green arrows indicate the most optimal course of conversation

Table 1 Assessment form

Table 2 Possible questions by the pharmacy staff and response specifications for MCs

Table 3 Possible influencing factors, time and type of data collection

Table 4 Characteristics of CPs, pharmacy staff, and mystery calls

Table 5 Assessment items

Table 6 Associations between counseling items and possible influencing factors

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Availability of data and materials

The datasets are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.