Individual and contextual determinants of regional variation in prescription drug use: an analysis of administrative data from British Columbia.
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 C...
Main Authors: | Steven G Morgan, Colleen M Cunningham, Gillian E Hanley |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-12-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3012101?pdf=render |
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