Thanks.
My colleague asked you about prescribing practices, and you had some interesting testimony, I thought. In “Pharmacare 2020: the Future of Drug Coverage in Canada”, Professor Steve Morgan and colleagues argued that
A single, universal formulary would also better guide prescribing than professional education alone and would likely improve the quality and safety of care received by patients.
You talked about the assistance that formularies give to physicians practising. Can you describe what impact formulary listing decisions have on prescribing practices? Is Dr. Morgan onto something there?