Background: Globally, payers are struggling with rising drug costs, driven primarily by the
increasing number of high-cost medications used by their beneficiaries. We aimed to …

Background: Drugs are the fastest growing cost in the Canadian health care system, owing
to the increasing number of high-cost drugs. The objective of this study was to examine the …

Background Commentaries on the adequacy of insurance coverage for prescription drugs
available to Canadians have emphasized differences in the coverage provided by different …

Background: Research from 2006 documented substantial variation in medication coverage
for residents across Canada. Since then, some provinces have implemented major …

Objectives To assess the distribution and spending by cost-effectiveness category among
those drugs with the highest public spending levels in Canada. Design Repeated cross …

High healthcare costs are concentrated in a small minority of the population and are
incurred in a wide array of healthcare settings in Canada, report researchers from that …

Drug formularies Provincial and territorial governments in Canada have a direct influence on
the provision of prescription drugs by establishing drug formularies, negotiating drug prices …

ABSTRACT ISSUE: Compared with other high-income countries, the United States spends
the most per capita on prescription drugs. GOAL: To compare drug spending levels and …

Background: Catastrophic drug coverage programs help those with high drug-costs to
reduce the burden of out-of-pocket expenses. We set out to measure changes in utilization …

Canadians spent an estimated $22 billion on prescription and nonprescription drugs in 2004—
the fastest-growing segment of health care spending, according to a new report from the …