Development of a preliminary essential medicines list for Canada

MS Taglione, H Ahmad, M Slater… - … Open Access Journal, 2017 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Some evidence supports the use of a short list of essential medicines to
improve prescribing. We aimed to create a preliminary essential medicines list for use in …

Applying the essential medicines concept to US preferred drug lists

TP Millar, S Wong, DH Odierna… - American journal of …, 2011 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We assessed whether state Medicaid preferred drug lists are concordant with the
World Health Organization's 2009 16th Essential Medicines List and with each other. We …

[HTML][HTML] Decision criteria for selecting essential medicines and their connection to guidelines: an interpretive descriptive qualitative interview study

T Piggott, L Moja, EA Akl, JN Lavis, G Cooke… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objectives The World Health Organization Model List of Essential
Medicines has led to at least 137 national lists. Essential medicines should be grounded in …

Canadian list of essential medications: potential and uncertainties

N Persaud, H Ahmad - Canadian Family Physician, 2017 - cfp.ca
Canada and a much larger number of Canadians have diffculty affording them. Provincial
formularies list thousands of medications available to individuals receiving social …

Acceptability and feasibility of a national essential medicines list in Canada: a qualitative study of perceptions of decision-makers and policy stakeholders

JD Jarvis, A Murphy, P Perel, N Persaud - Cmaj, 2019 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Policy approaches have been considered to address inconsistent and
inequitable prescription drug coverage in Canada, including a national essential medicines …

[BOOK][B] The selection and use of essential medicines: report of the WHO Expert Committee, 2007:(including the 15th model list of essential medicines)

World Health Organization - 2007 - apps.who.int
The WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines met in Geneva
from 19 to 23 March 2007. The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director-General by Dr …

[HTML][HTML] Primary care physicians report high trust in and usefulness of the Stockholm drug and therapeutic committee's list of recommended essential medicines (the ' …

J Eriksen, ML Ovesjö, M Vallin… - European journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Inappropriate use of medicines causes increased morbidity, mortality, adverse drug
reactions, therapeutic failures and drug resistance as well as wastes valuable resources …

[HTML][HTML] The case for an essential medicines list for Canada

G Eom, P Grootendorst, J Duffin - Cmaj, 2016 - Can Med Assoc
E500 CMAJ, December 6, 2016, 188 (17–18) secret. A US survey in 1993 found that none of
the representatives of 29 academic health centres viewed their selection system as “open.” 9 …

[PDF][PDF] The selection and use of essential medicines: report of the WHO Expert Committee, 2013 (including the 18th WHO model list of essential medicines and the 4th …

World Health Organization - 2014 - apps.who.int
The 19th meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on the
Selection and Use of Essential Medicines was held from 8 to 12 March 2013, in Geneva …

Can the selection and use of essential medicines decrease inappropriate drug use?

MM Reidenberg - Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that half of all medicines are
inappropriately prescribed, dispensed, sold, or taken. Selection from a list limited to the best …