OBJECTIVES: To describe recent changes and identify emergent trends in public drug
benefit policies in Canada from 2000 to 2010. METHODS: For each province, we tracked …

Background Canadians have long been proud of their universal health insurance system,
which publicly funds the cost of physician visits and hospitalizations at the point of care …

Background: Public prescription drug plans vary markedly across Canada. To address
perceived inequities in coverage across provinces, the February 2003 First Ministers' Accord …

Despite progressive universal drug coverage and pharmaceutical policies found in other
countries, Canada remains the only developed nation with a publicly funded healthcare …

Canada's provincial governments have, until relatively recently, provided virtually all seniors
with generous prescription drug coverage. Managers of these programs have implemented …

Unlike most member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD), Canada does not have a national pharmacare program–that is, a …

All developed countries with universal healthcare systems provide universal coverage for
prescription drugs–except Canada. Instead, Canadian provinces allocate limited public …

2010. Based on conservative hypotheses, the report showed that a public and universal
drug plan based on first-dollar coverage would not only improve access to prescription …

Drug formularies Provincial and territorial governments in Canada have a direct influence on
the provision of prescription drugs by establishing drug formularies, negotiating drug prices …

Canada's universal public healthcare system is unique among developed countries insofar
as it does not include universal coverage of prescription drugs. Universal, public coverage of …