Canada has second-highest prevalence of skipped prescriptions due to cost, UBC research finds
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One in 12 Canadians aged 55 and older skipped prescriptions due to cost in 2014, the second-highest rate among comparable countries, new UBC research has found.
"When patients stop filling their prescriptions, their conditions get worse and they often end up in hospital requiring more care which in the long run costs us more money," said Steve Morgan, senior author of the study and professor in UBC's school of population and public health.
The research draws on the 2014 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Older Adults (persons aged 55 years or older) in 11 high-income countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Among countries with publicly-funded health-care systems, Canada is the only one without coverage for prescription medications.
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20170201/Canada-has-second-highest-prevalence-of-skipped-prescriptions-due-to-cost-UBC-research-finds.aspx
