Source: CMAJ, 2012
Authors: Michael R. Law, Lucy Cheng, Irfan A. Dhalla, Deborah Heard, Steven G. Morgan
BackgroundMany patients do not adhere to treatment because they cannot afford their prescription medications, putting them at increased risk of adverse health outcomes. We determined the prevalence... Read more
Source: J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2012
Authors: Robyn Tamblyn, Tewodros Eguale, David Buckeridge, Allen Huang, James Hanley, Kristen Reidel, Sherry Shi, Nancy Winslade
Context Computerized drug alerts for psychotropic drugs are expected to reduce fall-related injuries in older adults. However, physicians over-ride most alerts because they believe the benefit... Read more
Source: International Journal of Health Services, 2012
Authors: Joel Lexchin
Harmonizing standards on drug regulation makes sense, but it must protect safety, ensure that only drugs that are truly effective are marketed, and protect a country's ability to act independently.... Read more
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2010
Authors: Kent E. M. Groves, Tony Schellinck, Ingrid Sketris, Neil J. MacKinnon
BackgroundExpenditures on prescribed drugs in Canada are now well past those for all services provided by outpatient physicians ($26.9 billion vs. $21.5 billion in 2007). Government has the... Read more
Source: Lancet Oncology, 2009
Authors: Roger Chafe, Irfan A. Dhalla, Mark Dobrow, Terrence Sullivan
In public health-care systems, the decision whether to provide coverage for a medication is usually made on the basis of clinical effectiveness and cost. New cancer drugs are often very expensive,... Read more
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2010
Authors: Laura C. Esmail, Kaye Phillips, Victoria Kuek, Andrea Perez Cosio, Jillian Clare Kohler
BackgroundIn September 2003, the Canadian government committed to developing legislation that would facilitate greater access to affordable medicines for developing countries. Over the course of... Read more
Michael Law
Irfan Dhalla
Steve Morgan
Robyn Tamblyn
Joel Lexchin
Ingrid S. Sketris
Jillian Clare Kohler