Birth defects occur in population in 3-5% of births. All those birth defects due to chromosomal errors, hundreds of those due to single genes and many of those due to unknown or multifactoral cause can be detected prenatally. However, it is not feasible to test all pregnancies for all of these...

The major objective of this study was to examine the utilization of publicly funded palliative care services in the Vancouver region by adult residents of Vancouver, in the one prior to their death. In particular the intent of this study was to: -determine the proportion of terminally ill...

Governments and private insurers in North America are becoming increasingly involved in providing coverage for prescription drugs. Although the catastrophic coverage provision under Medicare has been withdrawn, the inclusion of insurance for outpatient drugs in that legislation reflects the...

The purposes of this paper are three: First, we provide an overview of the reinbursement policy situation across the country, emphasizing common elements that have emerged since the earlier article, but also providing a more detailed description of current policy in a subset of provinces....