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Predictors of exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec, Canada [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: Community-dwelling non-elderly adults (19-64 years) residents of Quebec and covered by the public prescription drug insurance between 2014 and 2017. Results: Our cohort included 63,834 individuals aged 19-64 (mean age 44.9 of all prescriptions claimed were issued by a family physician.

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Medicaid expansion is in the eye of the beholder

The Health Policy Exchange

Instead, the Court gave individual states the option to accept or decline the expansion, which, though far more generous with federal matching funds than the existing program, would still require states to spend more within already strapped budgets. Kenny Lin, MD Director, Robert L. Kenny Lin, MD Director, Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

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Exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec: a cohort study [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

DDI exposures were considered incident if the individual was not exposed to a DDI in the year preceding cohort entry. Population: a 5% random sample of adult (19-64y) Quebec residents covered by the public drug insurance in 2014-2017 was used. Results: 1) 11.7% (95% CI: 11.5-12.0) Results: 1) 11.7% (95% CI: 11.5-12.0)