Prescription drug costs : BC versus Canada

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Prescription drug costs : BC versus Canada Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 72 highlights the findings that compare the cost of prescription drugs in British Columbia (BC) to Canada as a whole. We also summarize the therapeutic categories where BC physicians prescribe less than, equal to and more than the Canadian average. Conclusions: BC had the lowest per capita prescription drug costs in Canada in 2007. The rate of increase of drug spending in BC between 1998 and 2007 was the second lowest in Canada. Prescribing in BC for different therapeutic categories ranges from 41% below the national average to 13% above the national average. The reasons for the significantly higher prescription drug costs in the rest of Canada are not known, but it is clear that they are not associated with better health outcomes.

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Title	Prescription drug costs : BC versus Canada
Alternate Title	Therapeutics Letter 72
Creator	Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued	2008-12
Description	Therapeutics Letter 72 highlights the findings that compare the cost of prescription drugs in British Columbia (BC) to Canada as a whole. We also summarize the therapeutic categories where BC physicians prescribe less than, equal to and more than the Canadian average. Conclusions: BC had the lowest per capita prescription drug costs in Canada in 2007. The rate of increase of drug spending in BC between 1998 and 2007 was the second lowest in Canada. Prescribing in BC for different therapeutic categories ranges from 41% below the national average to 13% above the national average. The reasons for the significantly higher prescription drug costs in the rest of Canada are not known, but it is clear that they are not associated with better health outcomes.
Subject	British Columbia, Drug Costs; Prescribing Patterns, Physicians'; Prescriptions
Genre	Other
Type	Text
Language	eng
Notes	The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available	2023-06-20
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0433651
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85061
Affiliation	Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status	Reviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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