Estimated effects of adding universal public coverage of an essential medicines list to existing public drug plans in Canada

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Estimated effects of adding universal public coverage of an essential medicines list to existing public drug plans in Canada [1]

Canada’s universal health care system does not include universal coverage of prescription drugs. We sought to estimate the effects of adding universal public coverage of an essential medicines list to existing public drug plans in Canada.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date:

27/02/2017

Author(s): Steven G. Morgan [3], Winny Li [4], Brandon Yau & et al [5]

Source: CMAJ [6]

Vol:

189

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pp:

1-8

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/estimated-effects-adding-universal-public-coverage-essential-medicines-list-existing

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[2] http://www.cmaj.ca/content/189/8/E295
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/steven-g-morgan
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/winny-li
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/brandon-yau-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/cmaj
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/canada
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-policy
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-all