Source: PLoS ONE, 2013
Authors: Brooks A Fallis, Irfan A Dhalla, Jason Klemensberg, Chaim M Bell
BackgroundMedication non-adherence frequently leads to suboptimal patient outcomes. Primary non-adherence, which occurs when a patient does not fill an initial prescription, is particularly important... Read more
Source: Health Policy, 2013
Authors: Sara Allin, Michael Law, Audrey Laporte
BackgroundLike in many other high-income jurisdictions, the public drug program in Ontario, Canada provides comprehensive coverage of prescription drugs to the 65 years and older population with some... Read more
Source: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2013
Authors: Barbara Mintzes, Joel Lexchin, Jason M. Sutherland, Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, Michael S. Wilkes, Geneviève Durrieu, Ellen Reynolds
IntroductionThe information provided by pharmaceutical sales representatives has been shown to influence prescribing. To enable safe prescribing, medicines information must include harm as well as... Read more
Source: BMJ, 2012
Authors: Michelle Roseman, Erick H Turner, Joel Lexchin, James C Coyne, Lisa A Bero, Brett D Thombs
Objectives To investigate the degree to which Cochrane reviews of drug interventions published in 2010 reported conflicts of interest from included trials and, among reviews that reported this... Read more
Source: CMAJ, 2009
Authors: Neil J. MacKinnon, Ivan Ip
The fact that one of the main treatment modalities in health care — prescription drugs used outside the hospital setting — remains outside the medicare envelope in 2009 perplexes many clinicians,... Read more
Source: Healthcare Policy, 2011
Authors: Michael R. Law, Anna Dijkstra, Jay A. Douillard, Steven G. Morgan
BackgroundProximity is an important component of access to healthcare services. Recent changes in generic pricing in Ontario have caused speculation about pharmacy closures. However, there is little... Read more
Irfan Dhalla
Michael Law
Barbara Mintzes
Joel Lexchin
Steve Morgan