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| Seniors and the drug information age | | Author(s) | Neena L Chappell, Malcolm Maclure |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 17, no 3, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp 269-351 |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Charges ; Social policy ; Consumer ; Public opinion ; Research ; Canada. |
| Annotation | This special section of Journal of Applied Gerontology deals with the information age as regards prescription medication use by older people. Variously explored are information overload for policy makers, consumers, and clinicians (physicians and pharmacists). The articles presented come mainly from the Senior Drugs Focus Project, a research programme in British Columbia, funded by Health Canada. The particular focus is on reference-based pricing (RBP) and how older people are affected by drug policies, and the influence of older people and the research on these policies. The first article deals with how older people respond to information targeted to them about RBP policy. It examines media campaigns by the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association of Canada (PMAC) claiming that RPB is against consumers' interests, and by Pharmacare (drug insurance programme) explaining the value of the RPB policy. The second article focuses on older people's and clinicians' interpretations of RPB policy. The third article reviews evidence on the use of benzodiazepines in clinical practice. The articles provide lessons for jurisdictions with third-party payers for prescribed medicines. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990311211 A |
| Classmark | LLD: QEJ: TM2: WY: U5: 3A: 7S |
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