- Medical devices and healthcare costs: a 66 country comparison including CanadaRead more »
- How good is your drug insurance?Read more »
- What is the actual impact of drugs on health care costs?Read more »
- Weighing the costs: cheap generics and OxyContin abuseRead more »
- Healthcare can drive economic growth, if we allow it Read more »
- Unintended costs from forcing substitution between different drugsRead more »
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NEW STUDY! Medical devices and healthcare costs in Canada and 65 other countries 2006-2011
What is the impact of medical device spending on total healthcare costs in Canada? How does Canada compare to other countries? Read More »
STUDY - How good is your drug insurance?
How good is your drug insurance coverage? It depends on where you live and whether you are publicly or privately insured... Read More »
STUDY - Drugs and the public cost of healthcare in Canada
What is the impact of drugs on the public cost of healthcare? New research examines the facts... Read More »
STUDY - Societal economic costs of generic OxyContin abuse could exceed price savings by $352 to $415 million annually
Ontario’s Minister of Health requests ban on generic OxyContin saying the costs to society far outweigh the savings. What does the evidence say?... Read More »
STUDY - Increased health costs from mandated Therapeutic Substitution of proton pump inhibitors in British Columbia
In 2003, BC PharmaCare required patients to make a medically unnecessary switch from the drug prescribed by their doctor to one approved by the government, in order to save money. Did it work? Read More »
ARTICLE - Complexity and costs of assessing real-world effectiveness of new drugs
Achieving scientific certainty in the assessment of real-world effectiveness of drugs: potential benefits, but also complexity and costs. Read More »
OPINION - Facts should inform CETA talks: what happened to drug prices, health costs after 1987 patent rules?
Critics of the Canada-Europe trade agreement say strengthening drug patents will cause higher health costs. What do the data and historical evidence say? Read More »
OPINION - Weighing the costs of generic OxyContin
Do generic drugs always cost less than brand name drugs? The answer depends on how you count the costs. In the case of OxyContin, price is not the only consideration. Read More »
OPINION - Private sector involvement in healthcare could drive economic growth, job creation, innovation and productivity - if we allow it
Governments continue to prevent economic growth in one of our most important industries: healthcare. Liberating the healthcare industry could generate an economic boom... Read More »
OPINION - Canada-Europe trade agreement at risk because of false notions about patented drugs and healthcare costs
Canada is risking an historic economic opportunity to expand trade with Europe over a misunderstanding about the impact of drugs on healthcare costs Read More »