Our analyses suggest that the adoption of income-based deductibles in British Columbia achieved a number of stated policy objectives related to public drug costs, access to medicines and financial equity. Principally, provincial government spending was reduced through the implementation of income-based de...
Progressive harm reduction policies have been implemented in British Columbia, Canada. However, youth who use drugs face barriers to receiving harm reduction care, resulting in increasing opioid-related hospitalizations and drug toxicity deaths. This scoping review collates peer-reviewed evidence to unders...
Government of British Columbia, Government of British Columbia. MSP response to COVID-19 - Province of British Columbia [Internet]. Province of British Columbia; [cited 2023 May 24]. Available from: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/health-drug-coverage/msp/bc-residents/msp-covid-...
North America is facing an ongoing illicit drug toxicity crisis. Rates of death are known to be among the highest in British Columbia (BC), where illicit drug toxicity remains the leading cause of unnatural death, the leading cause of death for people aged 10–59 and the second-highest cause...
This cohort study used a 20% random sample of the general population of 1 089 677 British Columbians (aged ≥18 years) that is contained within the British Columbia Provincial Overdose Cohort (BC-ODC).22 The BC-ODC was created under section 52(2) of British Columbia’s Public Health ...
Rosenberg H, Philips K: Acceptability and availability of harm-reduction interventions for drug abuse in American substance abuse treatment agencies. Psych Addict Behav. 2003, 17 (3): 203-210. Article Google Scholar Toward the Heart: British Columbia Harm Reduction Strategies and Services Committee...
BC Pharmacare is responsible for 40-45% of drug expenditures in British Columbia. The specific initiatives we examine are the Product Incentive Plan (PIP), introduced by Pharmacare in 1990, and the Low Cost Alternative (LCA) program, which replaced in the PIP in 1994. Before PIP, when a ...
Regulations in British Columbia Limit Biosecurity and Waste Management Options For Poultry Producers We encourage our local and provincial governments to consider their regulations to allow enhanced biosecurity and sustainable waste management options for the poultry industry. The poultry industry indicates tha...
British Columbia Ministry of Health Medical services plan (MSP) payment information file Population Data BC (2011) Data extract. MOH Google Scholar [25] CIHI Discharge abstract database (hospital separations) Population Data BC (2011) Data Extract. MOH Google Scholar [26] BC Ministry of Health,...
Silicon Valley is partly overseen by Santa Clara University which is a Jesuit college and California’s Jesuit Provincial who is SJ Michael F. Weiler. The Jesuits are also deeply involved with the US military and intelligence agencies. Santa Clara alumni include former CIA Director Leon Panetta,...