The impact of OHIP+ pharmacare on use and costs of public drug plans among children and youth in Ontario: a time-series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2018, Ontario implemented a pharmacare program (Ontario Health Insurance Plan Plus [OHIP+]) to provide children and youth younger than 25 years with full coverage for prescription medications in the provincial formulary. We aimed to assess the use of public drug plans and costs of publicly covered prescriptions before and after the program's implementation and modification.

Methods

We conducted a population-based, interrupted time-series analysis using data on prescription drug claims, from the Canadian Institute for Health Information's National Prescription Drug Utilization Information System, for people younger than 25 years from January 2016 to October 2019 in Ontario, using British Columbia as the control. We assessed changes in the level and trend of publ

SUBMITTER: Miregwa BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9578752 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature