The Canadian Rx atlas, 3rd edition

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The Canadian Rx atlas, 3rd edition Morgan, Steve; Smolina, Kate; Mooney, Dawn; Raymond, Colette; Bowen, Meryn Louisa; Gorczynski, Chris; Basham, Kimberley A. Rutherford

Abstract

"Canadians spent almost $23-billion on prescription drugs at retail pharmacies in 2012/13 – or over $650 per capita. That is a lot of money. However, after adjusting for general inflation, spending per capita actually fell over the past five years – despite the fact that the population was getting older. This 3rd edition of The Canadian Rx Atlas breaks down retail spending on prescription drugs Canada, providing a detailed portrait of the factors driving spending trends over time and variations across provinces. The Atlas gives a first-ever portrait of age- and sex-specific patterns of prescription drug use and costs across provinces. It also provides first-of-kind estimates of the source of financing for the prescriptions filled in every province. Unique to the Canadian Rx Atlas, these details are not provided simply for all spending on prescription drugs; it also provides these details for each of 33 clinically and economically important therapeutic categories." -CHSPR website

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Title	The Canadian Rx atlas, 3rd edition
Alternate Title	Canadian prescription drug atlas
Creator	Morgan, Steve; Smolina, Kate; Mooney, Dawn; Raymond, Colette; Bowen, Meryn Louisa; Gorczynski, Chris; Basham, Kimberley A. Rutherford
Contributor	University of British Columbia. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Publisher	Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)
Date Issued	2013-12
Description	"Canadians spent almost $23-billion on prescription drugs at retail pharmacies in 2012/13 – or over $650 per capita. That is a lot of money. However, after adjusting for general inflation, spending per capita actually fell over the past five years – despite the fact that the population was getting older. This 3rd edition of The Canadian Rx Atlas breaks down retail spending on prescription drugs Canada, providing a detailed portrait of the factors driving spending trends over time and variations across provinces. The Atlas gives a first-ever portrait of age- and sex-specific patterns of prescription drug use and costs across provinces. It also provides first-of-kind estimates of the source of financing for the prescriptions filled in every province. Unique to the Canadian Rx Atlas, these details are not provided simply for all spending on prescription drugs; it also provides these details for each of 33 clinically and economically important therapeutic categories." -CHSPR website
Subject	Solid dosage forms -- Prices -- Canada; Drugs -- Prices -- Canada; Drug utilization -- Canada; Drugs -- Prescribing -- Canada
Geographic Location	Canada
Genre	Report
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2014-09-10
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI	10.14288/1.0048514
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50349
Affiliation	Non UBC; Medicine, Faculty of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Researcher; Postdoctoral
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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Morgan_S_et_al_Rx_Atlas_3.pdf -- 17.07MB

RxAtlas2013_PUBLICRESULTS_FINAL_2013_10_22.xlsx -- 1.19MB

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