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Costs and Benefits of Free Medications after Myocardial Infarction

Background: Although combination pharmacotherapy after myocardial infarction dramatically reduces morbidity and mortality, the full benefits of secondary prevention medications remain unrealized owing to medication non-adherence. Because financial barriers are a major determinant of non-ad...

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High-Performance Healthcare: Access and Quality
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There's No Reason for It, It's Just Our Policy
Discussion and Debate
Implementing and Maintaining a Researchable Database from Electronic Medical Records: A Perspective from an Academic Family Medicine Department
Data Matters
Differences in Mental Health Diagnoses between Recent Chinese Immigrants and a Comparison Population in British Columbia
Research Papers
The Value of Performance Measurement in Promoting Improvements in Women's Health
Public Reporting of Nursing Home Quality of Care: Lessons from the United States Experience for Canadian Policy Discussion
After-Hours Information Given by Telephone by Family Physicians in Ontario
Knowledge Translation, Linkage and Exchange
Getting a Bigger Bang for Your Buck: A Collaborative Approach to Enhancing Dementia Education Planning in Long-Term Care Homes
Research Papers
Factors Affecting Physician Performance: Implications for Performance Improvement and Governance
Financial and Work Satisfaction: Impacts of Participation in Primary Care Reform on Physicians in Ontario
Indicators for Measuring Mental Health: Towards Better Surveillance
Access to Family Physicians in Southwestern Ontario
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Healthcare policy research and translation. Peer reviewed. For health system managers, practitioners, politicians and their administrators, and educators and academics. Authors come from a broad range of disciplines including social sciences, humanities, ethics, law, management sciences, and knowledge translation. Edited by Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, University of Victoria, Victoria.
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The Effect of Evidence-Based Drug Coverage Policies on Pharmaceutical R&D: A Case Study from British Columbia
Steve Morgan and Colleen Cunningham

Background:   To manage public expenditures in the mid-1990s, British Columbia implemented evidence-based drug coverage policies, including "reference pricing." Industry lobbied against the province's policy, arguing that reference pricing harms patients and that it is inconsistent with f...

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