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- Title
Individual and contextual determinants of regional variation in prescription drug use: an analysis of administrative data from British Columbia.
- Authors
Morgan, Steven G; Cunningham, Colleen M; Hanley, Gillian E
- Abstract
Increasing attention is being paid to variations in the use of prescription drugs because their role in health care has grown to the point where their use can be considered a proxy for health system performance. Studies have shown that prescription drug use varies across regions in the US, UK, and Canada by more than would be predicted based on age and health status alone. In this paper, we explore the determinants of variations in the use of prescription drugs, drawing on health services theories of access to care.
- Publication
PloS one, 2010, Vol 5, Issue 12, pe15883
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0015883