title: Focus on drugs.
abstract: Something has caught the eye of health care funders in Canada--soaring drug costs. In fact, the rise in drug spending in Canada has been faster than in any other health sector. As a result, drugs have overtaken physician fees to become--at 17 per cent--the second largest source of total health spending in Canada. Hospitals remain the biggest source of health care spending at 40 per cent.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vail
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000639:trends*; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000191:economics*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health