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| Michael R LawSummaryAffiliation: University of British Columbia Country: Canada Publications
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Growth in private payments for health care by Canadian householdsMichael R Law
The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, 201 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada Electronic address
Health Policy 110:141-6. 2013..We quantified recent growth in private payments by Canadian households for health care...
The effect of cost on adherence to prescription medications in CanadaMichael R Law
The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
CMAJ 184:297-302. 2012..We determined the prevalence of cost-related nonadherence and investigated its associated characteristics, including whether a person has drug insurance...- Despite law, fewer than one in eight completed studies of drugs and biologics are reported on time on ClinicalTrials.govMichael R Law
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:2338-45. 2011..Congress should also reconsider the three-year delay in reporting results for products that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration and are in use by patients... - The short-term impact of Ontario's generic pricing reformsMichael R Law
The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
PLoS ONE 6:e23030. 2011..We quantified the impact of this policy on overall generic drug expenditures in the province, and projected the impact in other provinces had they mimicked this pricing change... - The sources and popularity of online drug information: an analysis of top search engine results and web page viewsMichael R Law
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ann Pharmacother 45:350-6. 2011..The Internet has become a popular source of health information. However, there is little information on what drug information and which Web sites are being searched... - Effects of prescription adaptation by pharmacistsMichael R Law
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, 201 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 10:313. 2010..We hypothesize this policy increased drug utilization and drug costs, increased patient adherence to medication, and reduced total healthcare resource use... - Is newer always better? Re-evaluating the benefits of newer pharmaceuticalsMichael R Law
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
J Health Econ 29:743-50. 2010.... - Impact of two Medicaid prior-authorization policies on antihypertensive use and costs among Michigan and Indiana residents dually enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare: results of a longitudinal, population-based studyMichael R Law
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Clin Ther 32:729-41; discussion 716. 2010..However, little is known about the impact of these policies on the use of antihypertensive medicines in the United States... - Costs and consequences of direct-to-consumer advertising for clopidogrel in MedicaidMichael R Law
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, The University of British Columbia, 201 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
Arch Intern Med 169:1969-74. 2009..Yet, research on how it affects costs is limited. Therefore, we studied clopidogrel, a commonly used and heavily marketed antiplatelet agent, which was first sold in 1998 and first direct-to-consumer advertised in 2001... - Impact of prior authorization on the use and costs of lipid-lowering medications among Michigan and Indiana dual enrollees in Medicaid and Medicare: results of a longitudinal, population-based studyChristine Y Lu
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Clin Ther 33:135-44. 2011..Some Medicaid programs have adopted prior-authorization (PA) policies that require prescribers to request approval from Medicaid before prescribing drugs not included on a preferred drug list... - Use of atypical antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia in Maine Medicaid following a policy changeStephen B Soumerai
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:w185-95. 2008..AA spending was slightly lower in both states. Observed increases in treatment discontinuities without cost savings suggest that AAs should be exempt from PA for patients with severe mental illnesses... 
The essential and potentially inappropriate use of antipsychotics across income groups: an analysis of linked administrative dataJoseph H Puyat
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Can J Psychiatry 57:488-95. 2012..To examine the essential and potentially inappropriate use of antipsychotics across income groups...- Effect of prior authorization of second-generation antipsychotic agents on pharmacy utilization and reimbursementsMichael R Law
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:540-6. 2008..Twenty-two states restrict particular dosing forms (injections). This study examined the impact of such restrictions... - Prescription drug use in pregnancy: a retrospective, population-based study in British Columbia, Canada (2001-2006)Jamie R Daw
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Clin Ther 34:239-249.e2. 2012..Owing to the paucity of evidence available on the risks and benefits of drug use in pregnancy, the use of prescription medicines is a concern for both pregnant women and their health care providers... - A longitudinal study of medication nonadherence and hospitalization risk in schizophreniaMichael R Law
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Mass 02215, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 69:47-53. 2008..However, such analyses typically measure adherence averaged over long time periods. We investigated the temporal relationship between nonadherence and hospitalization risk using a daily measure of medication availability... - Effect of illicit direct to consumer advertising on use of etanercept, mometasone, and tegaserod in Canada: controlled longitudinal studyMichael R Law
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
BMJ 337:a1055. 2008..To assess the impact of direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs in the United States on Canadian prescribing rates for three heavily marketed drugs-etanercept, mometasone, and tegaserod... - British Columbia hospitals: examination and assessment of payment reform (B-CHeaPR)Jason M Sutherland
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, 201 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, B C, V6T 1Z3, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 11:150. 2011..The second question examines the impact of the change on non-hospital care, including readmission rates, amount of home care provided, and physician expenditures... - Ethnic disparities in antipsychotic drug use in British Columbia: a cross-sectional retrospective studyJoseph H Puyat
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 201 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
Psychiatr Serv 62:1026-31. 2011..This study examined ethnic disparities in antipsychotic therapy in a population with significant Asian representation... - Here today, gone tomorrow: the issue attention cycle and national print media coverage of prescription drug financing in CanadaJamie R Daw
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 201 2206 East Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada
Health Policy 110:67-75. 2013.... - Purchasing prescription drugs in Canada: hang together or hang separatelyMichael R Law
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Healthc Policy 6:22-6. 2011..This politically popular strategy would significantly reduce drug expenditures and improve population health... - Geographic accessibility of community pharmacies in ontarioMichael R Law
Assistant Professor, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Healthc Policy 6:36-46. 2011..However, there is little information on the current geographic accessibility of pharmacies. Therefore, we studied geographic access to pharmacies and modelled the impact of possible closures...