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Patterns of borrowing to finance out-of-pocket prescription drug costs in Canada: a descriptive analysis

Ashra Kolhatkar, Lucy Cheng, Steven G. Morgan, Laurie J. Goldsmith, Irfan A. Dhalla, Anne M. Holbrook and Michael R. Law
November 19, 2018 6 (4) E544-E550; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20180063
Ashra Kolhatkar
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Lucy Cheng
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Steven G. Morgan
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Laurie J. Goldsmith
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Irfan A. Dhalla
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Anne M. Holbrook
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Michael R. Law
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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vol. 6 no. 4 E544-E550
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20180063
PubMed 
30459172
History 
  • Published online November 19, 2018.
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Author Information

  1. Ashra Kolhatkar, MPH,
  2. Lucy Cheng, MSc,
  3. Steven G. Morgan, PhD,
  4. Laurie J. Goldsmith, PhD,
  5. Irfan A. Dhalla, MD MSc,
  6. Anne M. Holbrook, MD PharmD,
  7. Michael R. Law, PhD
  1. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to: Michael Law, michael.law{at}ubc.ca
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Ashra Kolhatkar, Lucy Cheng, Steven G. Morgan, Laurie J. Goldsmith, Irfan A. Dhalla, Anne M. Holbrook, Michael R. Law
Oct 2018, 6 (4) E544-E550; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180063

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Ashra Kolhatkar, Lucy Cheng, Steven G. Morgan, Laurie J. Goldsmith, Irfan A. Dhalla, Anne M. Holbrook, Michael R. Law
Oct 2018, 6 (4) E544-E550; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180063
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