| Title |
The Timing of Drug Funding Announcements Relative to Elections: A Case Study Involving Dementia Medications
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0056921 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sudeep S. Gill, Neeraj Gupta, Chaim M. Bell, Paula A. Rochon, Peter C. Austin, Andreas Laupacis |
| Abstract |
Following initial regulatory approval of prescription drugs, many factors may influence insurers and health systems when they decide whether to add these drugs to their formularies. The role of political pressures on drug funding announcements has received relatively little attention, and elections represent an especially powerful form of political pressure. We examined the temporal relationship between decisions to add one class of drugs to publicly funded formularies in Canada's ten provinces and elections in these jurisdictions. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 25% |
| Argentina | 1 | 25% |
| Ireland | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 34 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 18% |
| Unknown | 8 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 32% |
| Psychology | 5 | 15% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Unknown | 8 | 24% |