Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2017
Canada pays more for prescription drugs for common conditions than other wealthy countries: CMAJ study
12 June 2017 - Canada had second highest costs when compared to nine other affluent countries with universal health care.
Canada had the second-highest medication costs for common conditions such as high blood pressure and cholesterol in 2015 compared to nine other affluent countries with universal health-care systems, suggests a new study calling for a national drug plan to lower prices.
Lead author Steven Morgan, a professor at the University of British Columbia's Public School of Health, said the analysis looked at the volume and daily cost of drugs in Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, France, Germany, New Zealand and Australia.
