00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.831767 CaOODSP 20221107145827 cr ||||||||||| 170203s2002 onc #o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- CP32-79/43-2002E-PDF Pharmacare in Canada [electronic resource]. Ottawa : Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, 2002. 13 p. Discussion paper "May 2002." Title from cover. Digitized edition from print produced by Privy Council Office of Canada. Many of us have had our lives, or those of people we love, radically changed by prescription drugs. Here, a grandparent has been kept alive by a heart medication; there, a child has lived into his teens because of breakthroughs in the treatment of cystic fibrosis. Vaccination and antibiotics have prevented untold deaths. Pain is eased, more normal lives made possible, chronic conditions dealt with. There is hope that someday new drug therapies may be as effective in treating diseases such as cancer and AIDS. No surprise, then, that in a poll released in late 2001, 86 percent of Canadians said they believe prescription drugs play an important role in improving the quality of healthcare. gccst Commissions of inquiry gccst Health care system gccst Drug insurance Canada. Privy Council Office. Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada. Discussion paper (Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada) (CaOODSP)9.504497 PDF 5.64 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/bcp-pco/CP32-79-43-2002-eng.pdf