Impact of a publicly-funded pharmacare program policy on benzodiazepine dispensing among children and youth: a population-based natural experiment

• Main Authors: Tony Antoniou (Author), Daniel McCormack (Author), Sophie Kitchen (Author), Kathleen Pajer (Author), William Gardner (Author), Yona Lunsky (Author), Melanie Penner (Author), Mina Tadrous (Author), Muhammad Mamdani (Author), David N. Juurlink (Author), Tara Gomes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In January 2018, the Government of Ontario, Canada, initiated a universal pharmacare program (OHIP+) for all individuals aged 24 years and younger. In April 2019, the program was amended to cover only children and youth without private insurance. Because benzodiazepines are commo...