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==Cost and cost-effectiveness==

Family planning is among the most cost-effective of all health interventions.<ref name=Tsui>{{cite journal |author1-link=Amy Tsui| vauthors = Tsui AO, McDonald-Mosley R, Burke AE | title = Family planning and the burden of unintended pregnancies | journal = Epidemiologic Reviews | volume = 32 | issue = 1 | pages = 152–74 | year = 2010 | pmid = 20570955 | pmc = 3115338 | doi = 10.1093/epirev/mxq012 }}</ref> Costs of contraceptives include method costs (including supplies, office visits, training), cost of method failure ([[ectopic pregnancy]], [[Miscarriage|spontaneous abortion]], induced abortion, birth, child care expenses) and cost of side effects.<ref name=Trussell2009>{{cite journal | vauthors = Trussell J, Lalla AM, Doan QV, Reyes E, Pinto L, Gricar J | title = Cost effectiveness of contraceptives in the United States | journal = Contraception | volume = 79 | issue = 1 | pages = 5–14 | date = January 2009 | pmid = 19041435 | pmc = 3638200 | doi = 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.08.003 }}</ref> Contraception saves money by reducing [[unintended pregnancy|unintended pregnancies]] and reducing transmission of [[sexually transmitted infection]]s. By comparison, in the US, method related costs vary from nothing to about $1,000 for a year or more of reversible contraception.

During the initial five years, vasectomy is comparable in cost to the IUD. Vasectomy is much less expensive and safer than tubal ligation.