ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2011
Purchasing prescription drugs in Canada: hang together or hang separately.
Article in Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prescription drug coverage in Canada: a review of the economic, policy and political considerations for universal pharmacare.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2018Review
- A Better Prescription: Advice for a National Strategy on Pharmaceutical Policy in Canada.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2016Article
- The road to competitive generic drug prices in Canada.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2013Article
- Money left on the table: generic drug prices in Canada.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2013Article
- Canadian pharmacare: looking back, looking forward.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2012Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Canada's provincial and territorial governments have expressed an interest in bulk purchasing prescription drugs for many years. We propose they start by purchasing selected generic drugs for the entire population and provide them for little or no cost to patients. This politically popular strategy would significantly reduce drug expenditures and improve population health.
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22548094PMC3107113W1965564826What OpenQuestion holds
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