Canadian Rx atlas

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Canadian Rx atlas Morgan, Steve; McMahon, Meghan; Lam, Jonathan; Mooney, Dawn; Raymond, Colette

Abstract

"Canadians will spend over $20 billion on prescription drugs in 2006—more than is spent on all physicians in Canada, and more than half of what is spent on hospital care in the country. At the same time, per capita spending on prescription drugs will vary by over 50% across provincial populations. Yet surprisingly little information is systematically collected to determine what drugs account for most of the spending, what factors drive regional variations in spending, and whether particular drugs are being over-used or under-used. The Canadian Rx Atlas provides the first national portrait of overall (private and public) drug utilization and expenditure. It breaks down $20 billion in prescription drug spending and provides a comprehensive portrait of the factors impacting expenditures at a national level." -CHSPR website

Item Metadata

Title	Canadian Rx atlas
Creator	Morgan, Steve; McMahon, Meghan; Lam, Jonathan; Mooney, Dawn; Raymond, Colette
Contributor	University of British Columbia. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Publisher	Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)
Date Issued	2005-12
Description	"Canadians will spend over $20 billion on prescription drugs in 2006—more than is spent on all physicians in Canada, and more than half of what is spent on hospital care in the country. At the same time, per capita spending on prescription drugs will vary by over 50% across provincial populations. Yet surprisingly little information is systematically collected to determine what drugs account for most of the spending, what factors drive regional variations in spending, and whether particular drugs are being over-used or under-used. The Canadian Rx Atlas provides the first national portrait of overall (private and public) drug utilization and expenditure. It breaks down $20 billion in prescription drug spending and provides a comprehensive portrait of the factors impacting expenditures at a national level." -CHSPR website
Subject	Solid dosage forms -- Prices -- Canada; Drugs -- Prices -- Canada; Drug utilization -- Canada; Drugs -- Prescribing -- Canada
Geographic Location	Canada
Genre	Book
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2014-10-01
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI	10.14288/1.0048532
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50539
Affiliation	Non UBC; Medicine, Faculty of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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