TORONTO - Ontario can no longer afford to pay for all prescription drugs for everyone aged 65 and...Leslie, Keith
of private drug coverage first on total spending and utilization of medications, and second, on clinically recommended medications for individuals with a diagnosis of diabetes.Results: Approximately 27% of Ontario seniors reported having private prescription drug insurance from a current or prior employer...
Objectives To describe access to the first biologic DMARD prescription in a population of patients with RA and identical comprehensive health insurance coverage in Ontario, Canada, and to explore the associations of patient, prescriber, and geographic region with differences in time to first biologic ...
How does complementary private prescription drug insurance coverage affect seniors' use of publicly funded medications? Background: Like in many other high-income jurisdictions, the public drug program in Ontario, Canada provides comprehensive coverage of prescription drugs ... S Allin,MR Law,A Laporte...
In Ontario, Canada, chronic pain management was associated with 51% higher per-person annual health care costs (Hogan et al., 2016). Once mainly used on terminally ill patients, prescription opioids (PO) such as oxycodone, hydromorphone, and fentanyl have been increasingly dispensed to non-...
Methods: This study used the 2007 International Health Policy Survey in Seven Countries (supported by the US Commonwealth Fund) to estimate rates of CRNA in the following health systems: Canadian compulsory coverage (Quebec), Canadian senior and social assistance coverage (Ontario), Canadian income-...