Income-Based Disparities in Opioid Prescription Dispensing Among Public Drug Plan Beneficiaries in Canada from 2010 to 2018: A Population-Based and Sex-Stratified Retrospective Study
Inequity in opioid prescriptions dispensing was persistent over time. Patients in the lowest income quintiles received higher amounts of opioids per capita, with some sex variation. Dispensing policies must take these equity issues into account.
Authors
- Mhd Wasem Alsabbagh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2426-9528)
- Martin Cooke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9518-177X)
- Feng Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4661-6911)
- Susan J. Elliott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5514-1116)
- Moad Alsefaou
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Drugs - Real World Outcomes
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40801-025-00498-7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- Government of Canada
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Health Canada