Potential effects of rational prescribing on national health care spending: More than half a billion dollars in annual savings

Jordan Littman; Roland Halil

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Potential effects of rational prescribing on national health care spending

More than half a billion dollars in annual savings

Jordan Littman and Roland Halil

Canadian Family Physician March 2016; 62 (3) 235-244;

Jordan Littman

Family physician practising in Ottawa, Ont.

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For correspondence: md{at}jordanlittman.com

Roland Halil

Clinical pharmacist with the Bruyère Academic Family Health Team and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa.

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vol. 62 no. 3 235-244

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Published online March 14, 2016.

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Jordan Littman, MD CCFP⇑

Family physician practising in Ottawa, Ont.

Correspondence: Dr Jordan Littman; e-mail md{at}jordanlittman.com

Roland Halil, ACPR PharmD

Clinical pharmacist with the Bruyère Academic Family Health Team and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa.

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