Drug shortage is a global issue affecting low, middle, and high-income countries. Many
countries have developed various strategies to overcome the problem, while the problem is …

Background Generic drugs have been seen as a potentially powerful way to alleviate the
financial burden on patients and health care systems. Two strategies for achieving rational …

Canada's universal healthcare system, often referred to as Medicare, provides universal,
public insurance for medically necessary physicians' services and hospital care, including …

Objectives To describe healthcare use and spending before and on becoming a new
(incident) senior high-cost user (HCU) compared with senior non-HCUs; to estimate the …

According to CIHI, selective β-blockers were ninth in the top 10 sales of drugs prescribed to
seniors in 2002; however, by 2008, they had dropped out of the top 10 (the rank was not …

Drug shortage is a complicated issue worldwide, which also causes several negative
impacts to the whole Canada's pharmaceutical supply chain because of various factors that …

In a recent article, Morgan and Persaud criticize Canada's drug plan managers for a recent
extension of a generic drug pricing agreement. 1 They explain that New Zealand has lower …

In a recent article, Morgan and Persaud are bitterly critical of Canada's drug plan managers
for a recent extension of a generic drug pricing agreement.(1, 2) They point to a review …