HSS 2321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Canada Health Act, Health Care In Canada, Prescription Drug
3 Apr 2018
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The medical-industrial complex is a large, growing network of private and public corporations that provide medical care and products, supplies, and services for a profit. The medical-industrial complex includes: nursing homes, home-care services, diagnostic services and medical tools, pharmaceutical companies. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the largest, most influential components of the medical- industrial complex. One significant cause of the rapid increase in drug expenditures is the development of newer, more expensive drugs as well as aggressive advertising to physicians and consumers. Also using off label prescriptions; prescribing for an affect other than what its meant for. Rates of drug use and patient variables: age, gender, and class. Children: today at least 14. 3 per cent of children in canada and 16. 7 per cent in the us have been diagnosed with one mental illness or another, and the majority of these children are prescribed medications.
