Development of a provisional essential medicines list for children in Canada: consensus process.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Worldwide, many countries have developed a list of essential medicines for children to improve prescribing. We aimed to create an essential medicines list for children in Canada.

Methods

We adapted the previously created preliminary list of essential medicines for adults in Canada and the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children to create a provisional list of essential medicines for children in Canada. Canadian clinicians made suggestions for changes. Literature relevant to each suggestion was presented to clinician-scientists, who used a modified nominal group technique to make recommendations on the suggestions. Ontario Public Drug Programs prescription data were reviewed to identify commonly prescribed medications missing from the list. Literature re

SUBMITTER: Woods H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5878944 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature