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PMID: 19377320 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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There are strong arguments that national catastrophic drug insurance should be established in Canada with assistance from the federal government. The author of this paper projects the long-run program costs for two proposals for such a program: that of the Kirby Committee and that of the Romanow Commission. He concludes that both the annual program costs to the federal government and the share of the federal government on total prescription drug expenditures in Canada would increase dramatically under either program. Although the Kirby-style program requires less initial expenditure by the federal government than does the Romanow-style program, because of their different designs, over time the Kirby-style program would become more expensive. Moreover, the Kirby-style program would be more sensitive to the growth rate of prescription drug expenditure. The choices relating to the program threshold and federal cost-sharing rate have far-reaching influences on the long-run costs to the federal government. |
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Authors:
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Hai Zhong |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante Volume: 3 ISSN: - ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2008 May |
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Created Date: 2009-4-20 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101280107 Medline TA: Healthc Policy Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: e139-e159 Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2008 Longwoods Publishing. |
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School of Public Finance and Public Policy, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China. |
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Conception et coûts à long terme d'un programme national d'assurance médicaments pour les cas de prix exorbitants. |
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