Table 4:
Estimated change in total (private and public) expenditure on all prescriptions filled in retail pharmacies with the addition of universal public coverage of essential medicines on model list, by province
| Province | Population in 2015, millions | Actual expenditure in 2015, $ millions | Estimated change in expenditure with addition of universal public coverage of essential medicines, $ millions (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All model parameters set to base-case scenario values | All model parameters set to best-case scenario values | All model parameters set to worst-case scenario values | |||
| All | 35.7 | 26 204 | −3043 (−12) | −5458 (−21) | −743 (−3) |
| British Columbia | 4.7 | 2649 | −320 (−12) | −562 (−21) | −93 (−4) |
| Alberta | 4.2 | 2580 | −238 (−9) | −456 (−18) | −35 (−1) |
| Saskatchewan | 1.1 | 728 | −75 (−10) | −134 (−18) | −20 (−3) |
| Manitoba | 1.3 | 775 | −90 (−12) | −162 (−21) | −22 (−3) |
| Ontario | 13.8 | 10 148 | −1282 (−13) | −2238 (−22) | −359 (−4) |
| Quebec | 8.3 | 7364 | −804 (−11) | −1482 (−20) | −158 (−2) |
| New Brunswick | 0.8 | 662 | −84 (−13) | −141 (−21) | −30 (−4) |
| Nova Scotia | 0.9 | 762 | −87 (−11) | −153 (−20) | −25 (−3) |
| Prince Edward Island | 0.2 | 96 | −12 (−12) | −20 (−21) | −4 (−4) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.5 | 440 | −47 (−11) | −86 (−19) | −10 (−2) |