Comparing public policies impacting prescribing and medication management in primary care in two Canadian provinces

被引:5
作者
Allin, Sara [1 ]
Martin, Elisabeth [2 ]
Rudoler, David [1 ,3 ]
Carson, Michael Church [4 ,5 ]
Grudniewicz, Agnes [6 ]
Jopling, Sydney [1 ]
Strumpf, Erin [4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Inst Hlth Policy Management & Evaluat, 155 Coll St 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 3M6, Canada
[2] Univ Laval, Fac Sci Infirmieres, Pavillon Ferdinand Vandry,1050 Ave Med,Local 3645, Quebec City, PQ G1V 0A6, Canada
[3] Ontario Tech Univ, Fac Hlth Sci, 2000 Simcoe St N, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada
[4] McGill Univ, Dept Econ, Leacock Bldg,Room 418855,Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T7, Canada
[5] McGill Univ, Dept Epidemiol Biostat & Occupat Hlth, Leacock Bldg,Room 418855,Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T7, Canada
[6] Univ Ottawa, Telfer Sch Management, Ecole Gest Telfer, 55 Laurier Ave E, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
基金
加拿大健康研究院;
关键词
Polypharmacy; Prescribing; Primary care; Health policy; Canada; PRIMARY-HEALTH-CARE; PHARMACISTS; ONTARIO; TEAMS; POLYPHARMACY; STRATEGIES; REFORM;
D O I
10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.06.002
中图分类号
R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
学科分类号
摘要
The challenges of polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing are recognized internationally. This study synthesizes and compares the policies related to these issues introduced in Canada's two most popu-lous provinces - Ontario and Quebec - over the first two decades of the 21st century. Drawing on pol-icy documents and consultations with experts, we found that while medication management to address polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing has not been an explicit and consistent policy target in ei-ther province, some policy changes sought to directly or indirectly impact medication management. These changes include the introduction of primary care teams that include pharmacists, the introduction of a medication review performed by pharmacists (in Ontario), increased emphasis on quality improvement with some attention to potentially inappropriate medications (specifically opioids in Ontario), and invest-ments in information technology to improve communication across providers and move toward electronic prescribing to improve medication safety and appropriateness. Despite growing evidence of the problem of polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing, there has been limited policy attention targeting these problems directly, and policy changes with potential to improve prescribing and medication management may not have been fully realized. Further research to evaluate the impact of these changes on provider behaviours, and on patient outcomes, warrants attention. (c) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ )
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页码:1121 / 1130
页数:10
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