Trends in Canadian prescription drug purchasing: 2001-2020

• Main Authors: Mark Hofmeister (Author), Ashwinie Sivakumar (Author), Fiona Clement (Author), Kaleen N. Hayes (Author), Michael Law (Author), Jason R. Guertin (Author), Heather L. Neville (Author), Mina Tadrous (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background In 2019, more than $34.5 billion was spent on prescription drugs in Canada. However, little is known about the distribution of this spending across medications and settings (outpatient and inpatient) over time. The objective of this paper is to describe the largest expenditures by medicat...