Table of Contents

The Future of Pharmacotherapy, The Future of Medicare: Access and Insurance Issues

The CHA

Comprehensiveness

Failure to Cover Prescription Drugs, Home Care and Diagnostic Services

Percentage of Total Funding From Public Sources for Canadian Health Goods and Services

Percentage of Total Funding From Public Sources for Canadian Health Goodes and Services (cont'd)

Access Issues

The Bleak Prospects for a National Pharmacare Plan

Failure to include all Canadians in the future of health care will have consequences for efficiency as well as equity.Incentives are not as strong for management and it is much more difficult to take an integrated systems approach as is the case with the UK’s NICE or Australia’s PBS

Fledgling technologies

Negotiations between Provincial Governments and Medical Associations = Range of Publicly Funded Services = “medically necessary”

Better Processes for Deciding What Services to Publicly Fund

Conclusion

Presentation Author

Colleen M. Flood, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
( http://www.law.utoronto.ca )

PMPRB Email

pmprb@pmprb-cepmb.gc.ca

PMPRB Symposium 2002, List of Presentations

http://www.pmprb.com/symposium2002/present-e.html