Comparison of Canadian public medication insurance plans and the impact on out-of-pocket costs

DJT Campbell, BJ Manns, LJJ Soril… - … Association Open Access …, 2017 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Research from 2006 documented substantial variation in medication coverage
for residents across Canada. Since then, some provinces have implemented major …

Comparison of provincial prescription drug plans and the impact on patients' annual drug expenditures

V Demers, M Melo, C Jackevicius, J Cox… - Cmaj, 2008 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Reimbursement for outpatient prescription drugs is not mandated by the
Canada Health Act or any other federal legislation. Provincial governments independently …

Differences in Canadian Public Medication Insurance Plans and the Impact on Out-of-Pocket Costs

DJT Campbell, L Soril, B Manns… - Canadian …, 2017 - canadianjournalofdiabetes.com
Background: Research from 2006 documented significant variation in medication coverage
for residents across Canada. Since then, provinces have undertaken major medication plan …

[HTML][HTML] Who cares what it costs to dispense a Medicaid prescription?

JA Lamphere-Thorpe, WP Johnston… - Health Care …, 1994 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results of a 1992 Medicaid cost-of-dispensing study among North Carolina pharmacies are
presented. The estimated statewide weighted average cost incurred by pharmacies to …

Payment restrictions for prescription drugs under Medicaid

SB Soumerai, J Avorn, D Ross-Degnan… - New England Journal …, 1987 - Mass Medical Soc
In an attempt to contain costs, 27 Medicaid programs have implemented patient-level
payment limits for medications, but the effects of these restrictions on quality of care, costs …

The price of drug coverage

MC Jaklevic - Modern Healthcare, 2003 - elibrary.ru
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Chairman Glenn Hackbarth warned
hospital financial officers gathered in Baltimore last week that adding a prescription drug …

[PDF][PDF] The effect of insurance-driven medication changes on patient care

MN Rood, W Cruz-Knight, J Cunagin, SJ Zyzanski… - J Fam Pract, 2012 - cdn.mdedge.com
Methods► We mailed questionnaires to a cross-sectional random sample of 1200 adult
patients who had visited one of 3 family medicine practices within the past 6 months, asking …

[HTML][HTML] Difference in drug cost between private and public drug plans in Quebec, Canada

M Chamoun, A Forget, I Chabot, M Schnitzer… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Background We expect a difference in drug cost between private drug plans and the Public
Drug Plan (PDP) because the dispensing fee is fixed and regulated by the PDP for publicly …

Unintended consequences of a Medicaid prescription copayment policy

DA Lieberman, JM Polinski, NK Choudhry, J Avorn… - Medical …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Results: After policy# 1, target generic use increased by 0.93%(P< 0.001) with a subsequent
quarterly slope decrease of− 0.16%(P< 0.01); policy# 2 led to a slope increase of 0.20%(P< …