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Editorial
. 2021 Oct 12;193(40):E1573-E1574.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.211617. Epub 2021 Oct 11.

Outdated criteria for drug plan reimbursement obstruct evidence-based care

Ahmed Bayoumi  1 , Andreas Laupacis  1
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Editorial

Outdated criteria for drug plan reimbursement obstruct evidence-based care

Ahmed Bayoumi et al. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Ahmed Bayoumi is a member of the Canadian Drug Expert Committee. His term concludes in September 2021. He has received grants (paid to his institution) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse, Mitacs and University of Toronto. See www.cmaj.ca/site/misc/cmaj_staff.xhtml for Andreas Laupacis.

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