Overview of Four Prescription Monitoring/Review Programs in Canada

BACKGROUND: Prescription monitoring or review programs collect information about prescription and dispensing of controlled substances for the purposes of monitoring, analysis and education. In Canada, it is the responsibility of the provincial institutions to organize, maintain and run such programs...

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Main Authors: Andrea D Furlan, Peter MacDougall, Denise Pellerin, Karen Shaw, Doug Spitzig, Galt Wilson, Janet Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/634171
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