Predictive risk modelling of high resource users under different prescription drug coverage policies in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Studying high resource users (HRUs) across jurisdictions is a challenge due to variation in data availability and health services coverage. In Canada, coverage for pharmaceuticals varies across provinces under a mix of public and private plans, which has implications for ascertaining HRUs. We examined sociodemographic and behavioural predictors of HRUs in the presence of different prescription drug coverages in the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario.

Methods

Linked Canadian Community Health Surveys were used to create two cohorts of respondents from Ontario (n = 58,617, cycles 2005-2008) and Manitoba (n = 10,504, cycles 2007-2010). HRUs (top 5%) were identified by calculating health care utilization 5 years following interview date and computing all costs in the

SUBMITTER: Kornas K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10357670 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature