The impact of investing in private clinics and pharmacies on modern contraceptive uptake: an agent-based model of a segmented market

The factors that family planning policies should target to maximize their effect on modern contraceptive prevalence differ for markets characterized by different social contexts. Success of a policy will require policymakers' attention to the relative preferences for low price, short wait time, short travel time, and quality among population subgroups. Our study results suggest that quality improvement in the private sector most benefit the urban populations, while price reductions are crucial for making family planning services more accessible to urban low-income populations and to rural populations across all income levels.