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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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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
PubMed 
26975917

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0008-350X
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1715-5258
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  • Published online March 14, 2016.

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  1. Jordan Littman, MD CCFP⇑
  1. Family physician practising in Ottawa, Ont.
  1. Correspondence: Dr Jordan Littman; e-mail md{at}jordanlittman.com
  1. Roland Halil, ACPR PharmD
  1. 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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