Dataset Information

Income-related disparities in private prescription drug coverage in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Canada does not have universal public coverage for prescription drugs, which leaves an important role for private insurance plans. However, we do not have recent data on the characteristics of Canadians who report holding such coverage, particularly differences based on household income. We performed a study to examine the relation between household income and private drug insurance coverage in Canada.

Methods

We used data from the 2015-2016 cycle of the Canadian Community Health Survey to investigate the relation between household income and holding private drug insurance. We constructed modified multivariate Poisson regression models with robust error variances, including several potential confounders.