A Prescription for Quality

A Prescription for Quality (PDF)

The rise in prescription drug expenditures, debates over the benefits and costs of new medicines, and extensive press coverage of these issues continue to bring questions of prescription drug policy to the forefront in BC. Prescription drugs are the third largest and fastest growing component of BC health expenditures. In some cases, additional spending on prescription drugs is a wise investment; in others, it is not cost-effective.

The BCMA's policy paper, A Prescription for Quality, focuses on six areas of importance: prescription drug expenditures, BC's PharmaCare program, the promotion of prescription drugs (to both doctors and patients), information technology, professional roles in prescribing, and the National Pharmaceuticals Strategy.