NCT02744963

Carefully seLected and Easily Accessible at No Charge Medications

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 784 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Unity Health Toronto · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This trial evaluates the effect of providing primary care patients with free and convenient access to a set of essential medicines. Half of the participants will receive free and convenient access to these essential medicines, while the other half will have usual access to medicines.

Detailed description

Medication adherence is one important determinant of health outcomes. Approximately one half of treatments for chronic disease are not taken as directed. Cost is one of several important causes of poor adherence and it is particularly important for vulnerable people. The size of many formularies makes it difficult for clinicians to know the safest and most effective medications to prescribe. This may partially explain poor medication selection. Short lists of essential medications have improved the the quality of prescribing.

Conditions

• Medication Adherence
• Inappropriate Prescribing
• Diabetes
• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Free and convenient medicine access

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-06-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2020-12-01
• First posted: 2016-04-20
• Last updated: 2020-04-28

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Canada