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This document addresses problems, causes, solutions, and choices concerning the control of drug expenditure. It looks at the origins, evolution, and rationale of government intervention in the Ontario drug market; dispensing fees, professional services, and patient/consumer co-payments; drug reimbursement systems; brand-name firm marketing strategies; and promoting cost-effective prescribing.

"In this paper, we discuss some theoretical and practical aspects of effectiveness and efficiency in health care. After defining those concepts, we go on to list some health services that, in practice, are considered ineffective, and to examine the solutions being considered to remedy the situation"--Introduction.

"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.