Patterns of borrowing to finance out-of-pocket prescription drug costs in Canada: a descriptive analysis

Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (Kolhatkar, Cheng, Law), School of Population and Public Health; School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Goldsmith), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Health Quality Ontario (Dhalla); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Dhalla), St. Michael’s Hospital; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Holbrook), Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.