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New report finds that Trikafta patients’ admissions to hospital fell by an average of 65 per cent over one year – but at a list price of over $300,000, the drug is not yet considered cost effective

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New report finds that Trikafta patients' admissions to hospital fell by an average of 65 per cent over one year — but at a list price of over $300,000, the drug is not yet considered cost-effective.

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Figure from recent Canadian Institute for Health Information analysis represents about 1.2 million emergency visits

Vanessa Percoco estimates that, with the help of family and friends, she spent $15,000 over two years for expenses related to her cancer care. Andrej Ivanov/The Globe and Mail

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Canadian Institute for Health Information report also finds that the average family doctor saw fewer individual patients in recent years than they did 10 years ago

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have been tracking how a policy that madecontraception free, which kicked in April 1, 2023, is