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• Patient Information Sheets
• Manuals and Other Documents
• Legislation and Regulations
• PharmaCare Reports
• Studies and Reviews
• PharmaNet

Newsletters and Bulletins

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• PharmaCare Newsletters
• PharmaNet Bulletins

Patient Information Sheets

• See our Patient Information Section for information sheets on Fair PharmaCare, the Prosthetics and Orthotics Program, the BC Palliative Care Benefits Program and other topics.

Manuals and Other Documents

• PharmaCare Policy Manual 2012
• Prosthetic and Orthotic Program – General Statement of Program Policy (September 2009) ^(PDF 101K)
• Prosthetic and Orthotic Program Detailed Policy and Procedural Requirements ^(PDF 663K)
• Medical Device Distributor Claims Access to PharmaNet – Policies & Procedures ^(PDF 3.3M)
• PharmaCare Claims for Insulin Pump Vendors – Quick Reference Guide ^(PDF 1.1M)
• 2012/13 Pharmacists’ Resource Guide for Publicly Funded Vaccines ^{(PDF  43K)}

Legislation and Regulations

• Legislation—Pharmaceutical Services Act
• Regulations—Drug Price Regulation ^(PDF 2.2M)

PharmaCare Reports

• PharmaCare Trends 2011/12 ^(PDF 2.5M)
• PharmaCare Trends 2010/11 ^(PDF 552K)
• PharmaCare Trends 2009/10 ^(PDF 773K)
• PharmaCare Trends 2007/08 ^(PDF 590K)
• Pharmaceutical Services Division Annual Performance Report 2006 ^(PDF 2.0M)
• PharmaCare Annual Performance Report 2005 ^(PDF 1.5M)

Studies and Reviews

• Evaluation reports of the Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia (www.core.ubc.ca):
  • An Overview of Pharmacy Adaptation Services in British Columbia ^(PDF 423K)
  • Pharmacy Adaptation in BC: The Physicians Perspective ^(PDF 423K)
• Report of the Pharmaceutical Task Force - April 2008 ^(PDF 3.9M)
• Activity Based Costing Study Report - January 2007 ^(PDF 1.6M)

PharmaNet

• PharmaCare Drug Data File
• Low Cost Alternative/Reference Drug Program Data Files
• PharmaNet Compliance Standards Documents