00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.895302 CaOODSP 20250107144055 m o d f cr |n||||||||| 210114s1965 onc obs f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP n-cn--- Z1-1961/3-1-7E-PDF Z1-1961/3-1/7 Canada.‏ ‎ Department of National Health and Welfare.‏ Research and Statistics Division, author. Provision, distribution, and cost of drugs in Canada / Research and Statistics Division, Department of National Health and Welfare. Ottawa, Canada : Roger Duhamel, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1965. 1 online resource (viii, 128 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Digitized edition from print [produced by Privy Council Office]. Includes bibliographical references. Foreword -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Background of Canadian Pharmacy -- Present Methods of Production and Distribution of Drugs in Canada -- Expenditure on Drugs in Canada -- Pharmaceutical Benefits for Recipients of Organized Public Assistance Programs in Canada -- Voluntary Prepayment Plans -- Provision of Drugs Under Health Insurance Programs in Various Countries -- Appendix. "During the past four years the entire spectrum of costs, profits and prices of drugs has been intensively discussed by the Canadian public. The first formal investigation of recent importance on this continent was that undertaken in the United States by the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly (the Kefauver Committee). This committee's inquiry was followed in Canada by the investigation on the manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs undertaken by the Director of Investigation and Research under the Combines Investigation Act. His study was, in turn, followed by hearings initiated by the Federal Restrictive Trade Practices Commission to ascertain whether or not price-fixing of drugs exists at any, or all three, of the manufacturing, distributing and retailing levels. The primary aim has been to include constructive and factual information derived from objective evidence within the Canadian context"--Introduction. Pharmaceutical industry Canada. Drugs Prices Canada. Industrie pharmaceutique Canada. Médicaments Prix Canada. Statistics lcgft Statistiques rvmgf Canada. Royal Commission on Health Services, issuing body. PDF 53.07 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2021/bcp-pco/Z1-1961-3-1/Z1-1961-3-1-7-eng.pdf