Association between a publicly funded universal drug program and antipsychotic and antidepressant medication dispensing to children
Implementation of a publicly-funded pharmacare program did not influence trends in antidepressant or antipsychotic medication dispensing among children.
Authors
- Melanie Penner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8376-9768)
- Mina Tadrous (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1911-6129)
- Yona Lunsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1866-9728)
- Sophie A. Kitchen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2910-2428)
- David Nelson Juurlink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0368-4212)
- Tara Gomes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1468-1965)
- Tony Antoniou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6984-8953)
- Kathleen Pajer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3699-9966)
- Muhammad Mamdani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5199-6344)
- William Gardner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1918-3540)
Institutions
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (CA)
- Women's College Hospital (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Vector Institute (CA)
- Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- Unity Health Toronto
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-02-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-05345-2
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research